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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

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

Victor Serge by Douglas Penick

At Liberation’s Heart: A (Self) Portrait of Victor Serge

Douglas Penick

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

logjam

6 poems by Lucas Margarit, translated by Katherine M. Hedeen

Lucas Margarit and Katherine M. Hedeen

Wall, Mexico

Forgiving Time

Todd Clouser

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Henri Cru in Greenwich Village, 1987. Photo courtesy of Henri Cru.

“The Old Maestro”: an interview with Kerouac friend Henri Cru by Dave Moore

Dave Moore

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

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Ted Joans Lives!

Ted Joans Lives! A Tribute

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Gloria Avner and David Gitin

Remembering poet David Gitin

Sam Vinicur

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Diorama: Photographs by Ido Abramsohn

Ido Abramsohn

Joost de Jonge

Painted Poetry and Painterly Poetics, an ekphrastic notion part 3: Palimpsest

Joost de Jonge

More Art

Essays

Seizure - essay by Stephanie Andersen

Seizure

Stephanie Andersen

Candy Darling on her Deathbed by Peter Hujar, used as cover photo for I Am a Bird Now / fair use

Candy Says, by Kaiya Gordon

Kaiya Gordon

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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