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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

root exposure / credit: de

Fluency in Translation: Avoiding Homogeneity and Ethnocentrism by Alice Banks

Alice Banks

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Two poems by Jim Nawrocki

Jim Nawrocki

arbor trail / credit: em

The End of the World Through a Fish Bowl

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

The Beats: A Short Introduction by David Sterritt

Review – The Beats: A Very Short Introduction by David Sterritt

Denise Enck

Translating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey by Erik Mortenson

Translating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey by Erik Mortenson, reviewed by Marc Olmsted

Marc Olmsted

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

Michael McClure

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

All the Light That Never Returns (detail) - Bill Wolak

12 Collages by Bill Wolak

Bill Wolak

Is Southern Art a Thing?: Thoughts from a Technically Southern Arts Writer

Sara Estes

More Art

Essays

Faleeha Hassan - My Life as an Iraqi Refugee

Faleeha Hassan: My Life as a Refugee

Faleeha Hassan

God and the Magical Potato Chips by Jennifer Jordan Schaller

God and the Magical Potato Chips by Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Jennifer Jordán Schaller

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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