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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

Exit West: a novel by Mohsin Hamid

Freedom in the Physical and Digital City: Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West

Ben Berman Ghan

Scattered Clouds: New and Selected Poems by Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones interviews poet Reuben Jackson

Clara B. Jones

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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A Variable. A Choice. by Gervanna Gravity Stephens

Gervanna Gravity Stephens

lunar alchemy

3 poems by Matthew Woodman

Matthew Woodman

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Mary Norbert Korte

Denise Enck

Ted Joans Lives!

Ted Joans Lives! A Tribute

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Cosmopolitan Greetings by Allen Ginsberg

Now What’s Wrong? Reflections on Allen Ginsberg’s Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992

Doren Robbins

Michael McClure Sweetwater

In Honor of Michael McClure’s Birthday

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

collage artist and poet John Digby

Screaming To Escape From All Limitations: An Interview with John Digby

John Digby

Behind the Scene 6 by hiromi suzuki

Behind the Scene: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

The Accidental Monster: Salomé, Mom and Me

The Accidental Monster: Salomé, Mom and Me

Melissa Knox

Denise Enck

Marshmallow Forest

Melissa Wiley

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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