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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

Was Roosevelt Reciting Poetry?

Was Roosevelt Reciting Poetry?: The Need for a New Prosody

Dustin Junkert

franz marc writings - jean marie carey

Between Something and Nothing: Franz Marc’s Authorial Ether

Jean Marie Carey

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Oval - D. Raphael

Six poems by Alfred K. LaMotte

Alfred K. LaMotte

Four Poems by Alfred K. LaMotte

Alfred K. LaMotte

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg: Howl (for the queer and disabled Americans)

Ben Berman Ghan

The Buddhist Beat Poetics of Diane di Prima and Lenore Kandel - Max Orsini

The Buddhist Beat Poetics of Diane di Prima and Lenore Kandel by Max Orsini, reviewed by Marc Olmsted

Marc Olmsted

Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

The Language of Bebop: Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

Nicole Henares

goodbye, ted joans - jack foley

Jack Foley: Goodbye, Ted Joans

Jack Foley

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

(detail) Neco Beth painting

Motiv Eternal: Paintings by Neco Beth

Neco Beth

Natalie Bradford - xerox transfer

Ten Xerox transfers by Natalie Bradford

Natalie Bradford

More Art

Essays

cache / image credit: de

The Muse Cuts: On Mental Health and Writing

Foster McKinnell

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Convergence

Etan Nechin

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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