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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

Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller Collage

Henry and Me

Steve Wheeler

Ian Haight in conversation with Dennis Maloney, writer, translator and publsher of White Pine Press.

Ian Haight in conversation with Dennis Maloney: writer, translator, editor of White Pine Press

Ian Haight and Dennis Maloney

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

lunar alchemy

3 poems by Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman

peninsula / credit: em

2 poems by Emily Tuttle

Emily Tuttle

More Poetry

Beat Generation

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Rik Lina, Hammond Guthrie, Richard Krech and more

Rik Lina

Harry Nudel: Ted Joans LIves

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Harry Nudel

Harry Nudel

Kill Your Darlings Movie Trailer

Beat Generation film – Kill Your Darlings trailer released!

Empty Mirror News

Practice of the Wild - Gary Snyder

Book Review – The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Ryoji Ikeda’s Continuum - photo copyright Leland Buck

Swimming in the river of bits: The digital meditation of Ryoji Ikeda’s Continuum

Leland Buck

Urban Beat (detail) by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

9 mixed-media pieces by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis

More Art

Essays

the skagit trail / credit: em

Convergence

Etan Nechin

Edward Albee Speaks

Edward Albee Speaks

Sparrow

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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