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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

Confessions of a Hachish Eater

”Curious and Not Un-poetical Imaginings”: A Forgotten Specimen of Victorian Cannabis Writing

Gregory Stephenson

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Karoly-Fellinger-Pallai

Six Poems by Károly Fellinger, translated by Károly Sándor Pallai

Károly Fellinger and Károly Pallai

Sam Silva - Prayers Made out of Christmas

Prayers Made Out of Christmas: Poems

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Philip Whalen

Denise Enck

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

Bowles & I

Vast Regions from Nowhere: Paul Bowles, Unfathered Authors, Mother-Bonded Sons

Jasun Horsley

Kerouac Vanity of Duluoz

Book Review — Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Sunset by Kalliope Amorphous

Glass Houses: Photography by Kalliope Amorphous

Kalliope Amorphous

Bandoleros (detail) by Tina Garvin

Mixed Media Paintings by Tina Garvin

Tina Garvin

More Art

Essays

photo by Yuxiang Zhang

Spot the Differences

Taylor Byas

Lexington Avenue by Jeffrey Zeldman

Lexington Avenue

Buku Sarkar

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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