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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

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Wankers, Burds, and Skag: Heteroglossia in Trainspotting

Stacey Mankoff

A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas reads “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”

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More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Summer’s Onslaught Edging Into May

Sam Silva

No Meaning: 4 poems by Michael Lehman

Michael Lehman

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Wordworth & Kerouac

Wordsworth and the Beats: The Longevity of Influence

William R. Soldan

Bob Kaufman's Lonely Vigil by Michael Amundsen

Bob Kaufman’s Lonely Vigil – Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen

The Haunted Life and Other Writings by Jack Kerouac

Paul Maher Jr. considers Kerouac’s Haunted Life

Paul Maher Jr.

Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac by Joerg Haeske

Review – Anywhere Road: Retracing Jack Kerouac, by Joerg Haeske

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Dietrich's Mirror 7 (detail) - Kalliope Amorphous

Dietrich’s Mirror: Portraits In The Mirrors Of Marlene Dietrich

Kalliope Amorphous

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

Sara Estes

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Essays

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

Icarus / credit: de

Icarus Regrets Every Tired Muscle

Wm. Anthony Connolly

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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