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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

Is That You Simon? Akbar Del Piombo

Mutinous Jester: The Collage Novels of Akbar Del Piombo

Gregory Stephenson

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

David Gitin’s Ten Favorite Books

David Gitin

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Carl Solomon - Mishaps, Perhaps

Two Songs for Samson: An Invective Poem for Carl Solomon

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino

olivetti

Allen Ginsberg’s Typewriter and 2 more poems by Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac and Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison and Jack Kerouac

Jim Cherry

OTR cover - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsaydeebunny/4502353209/

Jack Kerouac’s Books

Empty Mirror

ted joans interview teducated

The Teducated Mouth: John Barbato interviews Ted Joans

Ted Joans

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Paul Hawkins -- Coach House 08 (detail)

from the Coach House Series: text collages by Paul Hawkins

Paul Hawkins

Magick 18 (detail) Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Visual poetry by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

More Art

Essays

Sait Faik Abasiyanik

Sait Faik Abasiyanik: The Man Who Faithfully Embraces the World

Nazli Karabiyikoglu

peaches

Under His Roof

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

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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