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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

Agustín Guambo, Andean Nuclear Spring, translated by Carlos Moreno

Carlos Moreno, Translator of Agustín Guambo’s Andean Nuclear Spring, Interviewed by Clara B. Jones

Clara B. Jones

Howl by Allen Ginsberg / Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko / Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich.

Cry, Exploration, Ceremony

Winnie Khaw

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

the path

Poems by Heidi Williamson

Heidi Williamson

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Two poems by john sweet

john sweet

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Book Review — Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Laura Corsiglia and Ted Joans

Remembering Ted Joans – Beat / Surrealist Poet & Artist

Denise Enck

Howl and Other Poems - Allen Ginsberg

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

Ben Berman Ghan

BEAT The Latter Days of the Beat Generation, A First-Hand Account - Andy Clausen

Beat: The Latter Days of the Beat Generation, A First-Hand Account by Andy Clausen

Marc Olmsted

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

(detail) BODHISATTVA EXQUISITE JELLY ENGINES - CHRIS STEPHENSON

Visual poems from 23 Bodhisattvas by Chris Stephenson

Chris Stephenson

Collage by Gloria Avner

Seven Artworks by Gloria Avner

Gloria Avner

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Essays

d nolan jefferson

They Saved Me from Myself by D. Nolan Jefferson

D. Nolan Jefferson

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Irishry

John O'Kane

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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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