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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

In Watermelon Sugar

Bruce Hodder’s Ten Favourite Books

Bruce Hodder

Gloria Avner and David Gitin

Remembering poet David Gitin

Sam Vinicur

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

boundary road / credit: em

Sky Pieces: three poems by Michael Lehman

Michael Lehman

Poems by Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac by Joerg Haeske

Review – Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac, by Joerg Haeske

Denise Enck

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (2)

Empty Mirror

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, reviewed by Eric D. Lehman

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

2 Yellow Hills (detail)- painting by Judith Skillman

Seven paintings by Judith Skillman

Judith Skillman

Billie 3(detail) - Steve Dalachinsky collage

Two collages and a poem by Steve Dalachinsky

Steve Dalachinsky

More Art

Essays

International Times launch party flyer and debut issue / image credit: http://www.international-times.org.uk/ITarchive.htm

London 1966: I.T., the Camel, and a Song Named Me

Gloria Avner

cache / image credit: de

The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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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