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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

Alex Preston Books

David Handley’s interview with Author Alex Preston

David Handley

franz marc writings - jean marie carey

Between Something and Nothing: Franz Marc’s Authorial Ether

Jean Marie Carey

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Photo credit: Rich Anderson / CC BY-SA / photoshopped by Empty Mirror

Ginsberg’s Refrigerator

Alessandra Bava

Alain Delon as Jef Costello

elegy by bruno neiva

bruno neiva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

goodbye, ted joans - jack foley

Jack Foley: Goodbye, Ted Joans

Jack Foley

Kirby Doyle poet

Remembering Poet Kirby Doyle

Michael McClure

Gregory Corso - Mindfield

About Gregory Corso

Empty Mirror

Barry Miles - Beat Hotel

Book Review – The Beat Hotel by Barry Miles

Hammond Guthrie

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

painting (detail) by Ishay Rossano

5 paintings by Ishay Rossano

Ishay Rossano

rob lee poets photos

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

More Art

Essays

Plain Sight by Matt Dube

Plain Sight

Matt Dube

Denise Enck

Marshmallow Forest

Melissa Wiley

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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