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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

A Thank You to Joyce Carol Oates

Joys and Ticks: A Thank You to Joyce Carol Oates

Sarah Kennedy

Chaucer and the Art of the Grift

Chaucer and the Art of the Grift

K. A. Laity

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Five

5 Poems by Sam Silva

Sam Silva

eleven / image: em

Three Dream Poems by Z.G. Tomaszewski

Z.G. Tomaszewski

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac - Library of America

An interview on Jack Kerouac and Library of America

Paul Maher Jr.

Why Kerouac? Rick Dale

Why Kerouac?

Rick Dale

OTR cover - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsaydeebunny/4502353209/

Jack Kerouac’s Books

Empty Mirror

BEAT The Latter Days of the Beat Generation, A First-Hand Account - Andy Clausen

Beat: The Latter Days of the Beat Generation, A First-Hand Account by Andy Clausen

Marc Olmsted

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

donkeys find an opening (detail) - Jill Emery

Workings: Paintings by Jill Emery

Jill Emery

Panic In The Rear-View Mirror: Exploring The Work of Richard Siken and Ann Gale

Rhienna Renee Guedry

More Art

Essays

eyes on 8 by Emilie Kneifel

eyes on / horizon by Emilie Kneifel

Emilie Kneifel

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

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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