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Empty Mirror 25th Anniversary

Empty Mirror celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 31, 2025! While we are currently on hiatus, we invite you to enjoy a quarter century of writing and art in our archives.

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On Literature

Andalusian Dogging by Erik Verhaar

Book Review – Erik Verhaar’s Andalusian Dogging

Denise Enck

Howl by Allen Ginsberg / Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko / Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich.

Cry, Exploration, Ceremony

Winnie Khaw

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Poems by Krisztián Tóbiás, translated by Károly Sándor Pallai

Poems by Krisztián Tóbiás, translated by Károly Sándor Pallai

Krisztián Tóbiás and Károly Pallai

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Two poems by Alexus Erin

Alexus Erin

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac by Joerg Haeske

Review – Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac, by Joerg Haeske

Denise Enck

rob lee poets photos

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

Jack Kerouac and Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison and Jack Kerouac

Jim Cherry

an interview with Carolyn Cassady

For Beat’s Sake: An Interview with Carolyn Cassady

Jon Alan Carroll

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

hummingbird wings bloom in your eye sockets and every petal cradles your bones (a found poem from Lorca's Dream by former SF Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía)

Two collages with found poetry, by Alessandra Bava

Alessandra Bava

Hildy Maze (detail)

No Inherent Existence: mixed-media pieces by Hildy Maze

Hildy Maze

More Art

Essays

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part II) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

drawing of man with guitar

Being There – Michelle Bracken

Michelle Bracken

More Essays

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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