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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

Edward Field and partner Neil

Secret of the Masters: An Interview with Poet Edward Field

James Schwartz

Afghanistan Sky / U.S. Army

The Consequences of Violence

Steven Thomas Howell

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Carl Solomon - Mishaps, Perhaps

Two Songs for Samson: An Invective Poem for Carl Solomon

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

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Music and Sleep

Todd Clouser

More Poetry

Beat Generation

photo credit: adjac

Heeding the Call of the Open Road

Kyrsten Bean

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (9)

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Big Sur - Jack Kerouac

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

actual size collage (detail) - Steve Dalachinsky

Five poems and four collages by Steve Dalachinsky

Steve Dalachinsky

rob lee poets photos

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

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Essays

Only Man in the World - Kirby Wright

The Only Man in the World

Kirby Wright

animals, seven days old

Animals, Seven Days Old

Lake Vargas

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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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