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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

At the Intersection of Linguistics and Literary Criticism: Objectivist Methodology in the Creation of Metalanguage(s) in Alain Robbe-Grillet’s La Jalousie

Preston Taylor Stone

A Thank You to Joyce Carol Oates

Joys and Ticks: A Thank You to Joyce Carol Oates

Sarah Kennedy

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

plumearth #3 / credit: de

5 poems by Miss Poetrix, translated from the Italian by Alessandra Bava

Alessandra Bava and Miss Poetrix

beach maple / credit: em

Things Happen and three other poems by Sam Silva

Sam Silva

More Poetry

Beat Generation

The First Third - Neal Cassady

Who was Neal Cassady?

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Jerry Kamstra Weed, reviewed

On the Dangerous Edge of Things: Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler by Jerry Kamstra, reviewed by Gregory Stephenson

Gregory Stephenson

The Beatific Soul: A film about John J Dorfner

The Beatific Soul: A film featuring Kerouac biographer John J. Dorfner

John J. Dorfner

Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

The Language of Bebop: Syncopated Sounds and Rhythms in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

Nicole Henares

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

Vakseen - Eyes Wide (detail)

Ten paintings by Vakseen

Vakseen

Joy of Water 3 (detail) - hiromi suzuki

Joy of Water: visual poetry by hiromi suzuki

hiromi suzuki

More Art

Essays

Union Pacific / copyright http://foter.com/portfolio/slambo-4/

Hear That Lonesome Whistle

Jason Hardung

Are Made Of - essay by Tomoé Hill

Are Made Of

Tomoé Hill

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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