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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

Remembering and Jane Austen - Nazli Karabiyikoglu

Remembering and Jane

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts - Jorie Graham

“No, this was all first person”: Revisiting Jorie Graham’s Hybrids of Plants and of Ghosts

Timothy Duffy

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

On Being Corso's Lover by Jacqueline Kirkpatrick

On Being Corso’s Lover

Jacqueline Kirkpatrick

east of here / credit: de

Three poems by Mickee Cheung

Mickee Cheung

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac and Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison and Jack Kerouac

Jim Cherry

Kirby Doyle poet

Remembering Poet Kirby Doyle

Michael McClure

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

Empty Mirror

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

last reading (detail) - JC Osthoorn

eye the beholder

JC Olsthoorn

Deaf, by Weldon Sandusky (detail)

4 Paintings by Weldon Sandusky

Weldon Sandusky

More Art

Essays

eyes on 8 by Emilie Kneifel

eyes on / horizon by Emilie Kneifel

Emilie Kneifel

20 east / credit: de

Are Hungry Ghosts Just Ghosts with Borderline Personality Disorder?

Courtney Cook

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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