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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

Susan Howe / Federalist 10 essay

Susan Howe’s Federalist 10: a literary approach to colonial America

Leticia del Toro

Oscar Wilde reclining

The Beauty in Hatred: Oscar Wilde’s Aesthetic Theory in De Profundis

Stacey Mankoff

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

fossil view / credit: de

Two poems by Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg

Four poems by Sam Silva

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

rob lee poets photos

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

Visions of Cody, a book of martyrdom

Yannis Livadas

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Keith Scotcher and Larry Keenan

Empty Mirror

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

The place where someone's waiting for me (detail) : collage by hiromi suzuki

The place where someone’s waiting for me: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

Yoko Ono - Invisible Flower

Review – An Invisible Flower by Yoko Ono

Denise Enck

More Art

Essays

Photo by Jesper Aggergaard on Unsplash

Deadlift, by Cindy Bradley

Cindy Bradley

How to Be Silent in German

How to be silent in German

Kasia van Schaik

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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