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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

Henry David Thoreau and John Brown

The Sons of Anak: Henry David Thoreau and John Brown

Paul Maher Jr.

Walt Whitman's Talbot Wilson Notebook page

Visionary Markings: Em Dashes and Ellipses in Walt Whitman’s “Talbot Wilson” Notebook

Tom Holmes

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Farandole by Julie Sargent

Poems by Lucía Estrada, translated by Olivia Lott

Olivia Lott and Lucía Estrada

Drift Bottle / Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomastern/12407730413/ Infomastern

Drift Bottle Prose Poems

Laura Madeline Wiseman

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

A Few Far-Flung Fragments of Forgotten Kerouaciana

Gregory Stephenson

railroad

Lonely? You better believe it.

Alan Griffey

Kirby Doyle poet

Remembering Poet Kirby Doyle

Michael McClure

Tristessa by Jack Kerouac, book cover

Book Review — Tristessa by Jack Kerouac

Eric D. Lehman

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

The place where someone's waiting for me (detail) : collage by hiromi suzuki

The place where someone’s waiting for me: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

Blue Bird Cult - Mette Norrie

Blue Bird Cult

Mette Norrie

More Art

Essays

Aztek peak fire lookout - John Yohe / Edward Abbey

Aztec Summer

John Yohe

Jenny Lynn

Jenny Lynn

Lloyd Bond

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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