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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

Who the Hell is Stew Albert?

Who the Hell is Stew Albert? A Memoir, reviewed by Hammond Guthrie

Hammond Guthrie

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella's Magical Accessory

The Glass Slipper: Deconstructing Cinderella’s Magical Accessory

Robert Boucheron

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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Three poems by Erin Russell

Erin Russell

bison

A Prison Poem by Neeli Cherkovski

Neeli Cherkovski

More Poetry

Beat Generation

ginsberg-orlovsky-stephenson

Passing Through: Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky in Copenhagen, January 1983

Gregory Stephenson

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Eric D. Lehman

Harry Nudel: Ted Joans LIves

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute: Harry Nudel

Harry Nudel

Kerouac: Avatar for American Buddhism by Michael Amundsen

Jack Kerouac: Avatar of American Buddhism

Michael Amundsen

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Five Pieces by Rose Knapp

Rose Knapp

collage artist and poet John Digby

Screaming To Escape From All Limitations: An Interview with John Digby

John Digby

More Art

Essays

Scylla - Buku Sarkar essay

Scylla

Buku Sarkar

Joseph Magnin dress salon

Sleevelessness: Growing Up in Midcentury San Francisco by Nanette Jordan

Nanette Jordan

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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