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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

Jason Stoneking and Celia Daley

Bespoke Books: An interview with Jason Stoneking

Jason Stoneking and Celia Galey

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

David Gitin’s Ten Favorite Books

David Gitin

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

drew gardner poems

Poems by Drew Gardner

Drew Gardner

6 poems by Michael Begnal

Michael S. Begnal

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Railroad Earth - Photo is Road to Nowhere by Blue Betty via http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bluebetty, photoshopped by Empty Mirror

October in the Railroad Earth – Jack Kerouac

Empty Mirror

ted joans interview teducated

The Teducated Mouth: John Barbato interviews Ted Joans

Ted Joans

Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg: Howl (for the queer and disabled Americans)

Ben Berman Ghan

Moving Towards the Light: the Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Moving Towards the Light: The Triumph of Spirituality in the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg

Jessica Clark

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

The Demiurge (detail) by Joanna Marcjanna

Tales from the future: collages by Joanna Marcjanna

Joanna Marcjanna

Russell Lee - couples at the square dance

Let’s Dance: Photographs by Russell Lee, McIntosh County, Okla. ca. 1939

Denise Enck

More Art

Essays

Body Bereft of Fitton Farm - Justine Fitton

Body Bereft of Fitton Farm

Justine Fitton

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

More Essays

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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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