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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

Boats for Women - poems by Sandra Yannone

Boats for Women: An Interview with Poet Sandra Yannone

Lauren Davis and Sandra Yannone

Confessions of a Hachish Eater

”Curious and Not Un-poetical Imaginings”: A Forgotten Specimen of Victorian Cannabis Writing

Gregory Stephenson

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

5 Poems by Jeff Bagato

Jeff Bagato

poems by Sarah Ghoshal

Poems by Sarah Ghoshal

Sarah Ghoshal

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

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A.D. Winans on A.D. Winans

A.D. Winans

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (9)

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The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

Sean Negus

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

You were made for me(detail) - Oscar Varona

Collages by Oscar Varona

Oscar Varona

last reading (detail) - JC Osthoorn

eye the beholder

JC Olsthoorn

More Art

Essays

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part I) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

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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