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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

desolation angels

Christina C.’s Ten Favorite Books

Top Ten List Contributor

REVENGE OF THE IMAGIST SOCIALIST POETRY

Revenge of the Imagist Socialist Poetry

Serkan Engin

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

beach by alex talmon

3 poems by George Moore

George Moore

cloudune / credit: de

Three poems by Jennifer Vaknine

Jennifer Vaknine

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Beat Generation

Railroad Earth - Photo is Road to Nowhere by Blue Betty via http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bluebetty, photoshopped by Empty Mirror

October in the Railroad Earth – Jack Kerouac

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Max Douglas poetry

Max Douglas, Poet

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Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake's Influence on Allen Ginsberg by Alexandre Ferrere

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

Michael McClure Sweetwater

In Honor of Michael McClure’s Birthday

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

8 new mixed-media pieces by Claudio Parentela

Claudio Parentela

Collage by Gloria Avner

Seven Artworks by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

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Essays

An excerpt from Rachmil Bryks' memoir, The Fugitives translated from Yiddish by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

An excerpt from Rachmil Bryks’ memoir, The Fugitives, translated from the Yiddish by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

Rachmil Bryks and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

animals, seven days old

Animals, Seven Days Old

Lake Vargas

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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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