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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

Aural Dialectics: On Allen Ginsberg’s Musical Rendition of Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Chris Mustazza

jerusalem bible

Mark A.’s Top Ten Books List

Top Ten List Contributor

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

6 poems by Michael Begnal

Michael S. Begnal

rift - d. raphael

Lift Off: Poems by Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Big Sur - Kerouac

Prelude to Big Sur: Kerouac in Spring & Summer 1960

Paul Maher Jr.

Where to buy Beat Generation Books

Links to Beat Generation writers, artists, and resources

Empty Mirror

an interview with Carolyn Cassady

For Beat’s Sake: An Interview with Carolyn Cassady

Jon Alan Carroll

Allen Ginsberg

Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s birthday with a few videos

Denise Enck

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

1Icarus (detail) - Joost de Jonge

Icarus: Paintings by Joost de Jonge

Joost de Jonge

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008

Michael McClure

More Art

Essays

credit: Viktor Dukov / Unsplash

Birds, Caves, Time by Nels Hanson

Nels Hanson

Great Northern Railway logo / Joe Mabel

How to Die Like You Meant It

Jeff Beddow

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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