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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

Harold's, San Pedro; image copyright Marshall Astor, Food Fetishist, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/125389576/ / CC BY CA

Joints

John O'Kane

The Invitation of the Mirror: Jonathan Lethem & Me, from the Margin to the Mainstream

Jasun Horsley

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Digital art by D. Raphael

For the Woman Who Keeps My Forever

Sam Silva

JK - Jack Kerouac typewriter

3 Poems by Ryan Ritchie

Ryan Ritchie

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Kill Your Darlings Movie Trailer

Beat Generation film – Kill Your Darlings trailer released!

Empty Mirror News

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

Howard Hart and Raymond Foye, by T. Walden

Remembering poet Howard Hart

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railroad

Lonely? You better believe it.

Alan Griffey

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Raoul (detail) - Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Insignia: Collages by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Cynthia Yachtman - Woman with Heron (detail)

Mixed-media pieces by Cynthia Yachtman

Cynthia Yachtman

More Art

Essays

Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan

On Waiting

Yasmine Shamma

six / image credit: em

Eight Hours

Marina Petrova

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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