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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

Beatitude by Larry Closs

Book review: Beatitude, a novel by Larry Closs

Denise Enck

Rosamund Lehmann

Aching for Meaning: The Work of Novelist Rosamond Lehmann

Kathryn Hummel

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

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Two poems by German Dario

German Dario

Ship (detail) by Carrie DeBacker

Little Spells: Poems by Maya Jewell Zeller

Maya Jewell Zeller

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

For collectors: where and how to buy Beat Generation books (and others)

Denise Enck

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (8)

Empty Mirror

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (10)

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City Lights Bookstore window

A. D. Winans Looks Back at the Beat Generation

A.D. Winans

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Claudio Parentela collage (detail)

8 More Collages by Claudio Parentela

Claudio Parentela

circular reference (detail) - mixed media collage by Kelly Schaub

Nine Mixed Media Collages by Kelly Schaub

Kelly Schaub

More Art

Essays

Are Made Of - essay by Tomoé Hill

Are Made Of

Tomoé Hill

This High

Ben Shaberman

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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