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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

Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer censorship

“My Friend the Censor”: Henry Miller, Huntington Cairns, and Tropic of Cancer

Arthur Hoyle

Jason Stoneking and Celia Daley

Bespoke Books: An interview with Jason Stoneking

Jason Stoneking and Celia Galey

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Big Sur / credit: James Donovan

Sleeping by Big Sur

James K. Moran

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradfordcoy/2955452287/ brad.coy cc by

6 poems by Bradford Middleton

Bradford Middleton

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac’s “Strange Cemetery in Jamaica”

Paul Maher Jr.

The Rebirth of the Author in On the Road by Jack Kerouac

The Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Eric V. Patterson

City Lights Bookstore window

A. D. Winans Looks Back at the Beat Generation

A.D. Winans

Elegy For My Beat Generation - poetry by Neeli Cherkovski

Neeli Cherkovski’s Elegy For My Beat Generation, reviewed by Yannis Livadas

Yannis Livadas

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Cory Peeke - Counting Sheep (detail)

Higher Education: 11 collages by Cory Peeke

Cory Peeke

the seasons 8 (detail) - hiromi suzuki

The seasons: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

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Essays

credit: Orlova Maria

Food Service, by Caitlin Sellnow

Caitlin Sellnow

on painting on

On Painting On

Nanette Jordan

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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