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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

Rosamund Lehmann

Aching for Meaning: The Work of Novelist Rosamond Lehmann

Kathryn Hummel

poet Risa Denenberg and her book, slight faith

A Conversation with Risa Denenberg

Lauren Davis and Risa Denenberg

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Berthusen -- D. Enck

With All The Love I Know How: 6 poems by Wojciech

Casimir Wojciech

Stack - D. Raphael

Magic – Amy Fusselman

Amy Fusselman

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kerouac: Avatar for American Buddhism by Michael Amundsen

Jack Kerouac: Avatar of American Buddhism

Michael Amundsen

Conversations with Allen Ginsberg

Book Review — First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg

Marc Olmsted

The Sea is My Brother - Jack Kerouac

The Sea is My Brother by Jack Kerouac, Reviewed by Jack Leaf Willetts

Jade Leaf Willetts

The Road to Visions of Cody

The Road Toward Visions of Cody

Paul Maher Jr.

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Behind the Scene 6 by hiromi suzuki

Behind the Scene: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

Rik Lina - Dragon Mountain

7 Paintings by Rik Lina

Rik Lina

More Art

Essays

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part III) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

photo by Yuxiang Zhang

Spot the Differences

Taylor Byas

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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