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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 Miller - Tropic of Cancer censorship

“My Friend the Censor”: Henry Miller, Huntington Cairns, and Tropic of Cancer

Arthur Hoyle

Bukowski letter to Robert Bly. Joshua Preston

“Said God, Scratching His Naked Belly in a Kitchen”: Charles Bukowski to Robert Bly

Joshua Preston

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

Poems by Kenneth Pobo

Kenneth Pobo

tent city

3 Poems by Viatrix Curry

Viatrix Curry

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg - HOWL

The Howl Hat

Jason Stoneking

Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs

Love and the Titanic: Notes on Last Words: The Final Journals of William Burroughs

Lee Watkins

seymour krim

Beat Generation Writer Seymour Krim

Mark Cohen

Why Kerouac? Rick Dale

Why Kerouac?

Rick Dale

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Parts of Speech (detail) by Hoop & Stick

A One-Sided Knife Fight: Collages by Hoop & Stick

Hoop & Stick

9 collages by Magda Dudziak

Magda Dudziak

More Art

Essays

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part VI) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

(Part III) Alison Winfield-Burns memoir

Alison Winfield Burns

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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