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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

Jorge Luis Borges - This Craft of Verse

A Consideration of Borges’ Poetics

Michael Julian

L - art by D. Enck

“I am a deserter” — Marcel Duchamp

Bobbi Lurie

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Boundary Road - d.enck

Two poems by Jim Richards

Jim Richards

fossil view / credit: de

Two poems by Risa Denenberg

Risa Denenberg

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Tristessa by Jack Kerouac, book cover

Book Review — Tristessa by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (1)

Empty Mirror

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

Sean Negus

Beatitude 50th Anniversary - Latif Harris

Book Review — Beatitude Golden Anniversary: 1959-2009

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

On Henry James erasure poem by Andre Bagoo

On Henry James: Four Erasure Poems by Andre Bagoo

Andre Bagoo

Trembling Facade (detail) Tony Rickaby

Altered Facades by Tony Rickaby

Tony Rickaby

More Art

Essays

Threshold_2 (detail) Tara K Shepersky

Conversations at Thresholds: a Contemplative Offering

Tara K. Shepersky

Dearly Beloved - Nanette Jordan

Dearly Beloved, Part I: Growing up in 1950s San Francisco

Nanette Jordan

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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