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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

An interview with Argentinian poet, publisher and translator, Juan Arabia

Neil Leadbeater and Juan Arabia

Boats for Women - poems by Sandra Yannone

Boats for Women: An Interview with Poet Sandra Yannone

Lauren Davis and Sandra Yannone

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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Three poems by Linda E. Chown

Linda E. Chown

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Three Poems by Alfred K. LaMotte

Alfred K. LaMotte

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Free Beer: Kicks & Truth with Jack Kerouac by Cliff Anderson

Review – Free Beer: Kicks and Truth with Jack Kerouac by Cliff Anderson

Denise Enck

Big Sur - Kerouac

Prelude to Big Sur: Kerouac in Spring & Summer 1960

Paul Maher Jr.

railroad

Lonely? You better believe it.

Alan Griffey

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia book review

Kerouac: The Last Quarter Century by Gerald Nicosia, reviewed by Kevin Riordan

Kevin Riordan

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

Five Pieces by Rose Knapp

Rose Knapp

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Essays

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The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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Convergence

Etan Nechin

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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