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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

An interview with author Vanessa Blakeslee

Our Ironic Conditions are Shooting Back at Us: A Conversation with Vanessa Blakeslee

Madison Jade and Vanessa Blakeslee

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake's Influence on Allen Ginsberg by Alexandre Ferrere

Visions, Symbols and Intertextuality: An Overview of William Blake’s Influence on Allen Ginsberg

Alexandre Ferrere

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

cedar shadow / image: d.e.

2 poems by Noah LeBien

Noah LeBien

the moment / credit: de

Crown of Sonnets—Me in the Multiverse by Prince Bush

Prince Bush

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Conversations with Allen Ginsberg

Book Review — First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg

Marc Olmsted

La Picaudiere - and Hundertwasser's Honey

La Picaudiere — and Hundertwasser’s Honey

Kenneth Tindall

David Amram / Ted Joans

David Amram: To Laura for Ted Joans

David Amram

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (9)

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More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Scraps 2 (detail) by Fabio Sassi

Scraps by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

Vakseen - Eyes Wide (detail)

Ten paintings by Vakseen

Vakseen

More Art

Essays

Faleeha Hassan - My Life as an Iraqi Refugee

Faleeha Hassan: My Life as a Refugee

Faleeha Hassan

photo by Laura Johnson

Desert Alignment

Laura Johnson

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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