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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

Afghanistan Sky / U.S. Army

The Consequences of Violence

Steven Thomas Howell

photo via http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179931106

Charles Reznikoff’s “During the Second World War…” as Objectivist Ars Poetica

Chris Mustazza

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

wall

Jazz and the Money Jungle

Todd Clouser

Juan Arabia: 5 poems translated by Katherine M. Hedeen

Katherine M. Hedeen and Juan Arabia

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Photo by Robert Wilson. Used by permission.

Notes on Three Lost Poems by Gregory Corso

Gregory Stephenson

The Creative Birth of Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Creative Birth

Paul Maher Jr.

ted joans photo by larry keenan (lo res)

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Keith Scotcher and Larry Keenan

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Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

A Few Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

Gregory Stephenson

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

rob lee poets photos

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

Detachment (detail) - painting by Samia Soubra

Utterance: Paintings by Samia Soubra

Samia Soubra

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

The Accidental Monster: Salomé, Mom and Me

The Accidental Monster: Salomé, Mom and Me

Melissa Knox

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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