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Book Review – Son of Kerouac, Woodstock and God: A Memoir by James Crockett

Denise Enck

Son of Kerouac, Woodstock and God

Son of Kerouac, Woodstock and God / James Crockett / 978-148125581 / 261 pages Empty Mirror received a review copy of this book. As a young man about to embark upon a summer-long hitchhiking … [Read more...]

Review – Living with the myth of Janis Joplin: The history of Big Brother & the Holding Co.

Hammond Guthrie

The history of Big Brother & the Holding Co. 1965-2005 by Michael Spörke (English Translation by Sam Andrew)

Living with the myth of Janis JoplinThe history of Big Brother & the Holding Co. 1965-2005 by Michael Spörke (English Translation by Sam Andrew) "The fame of Big Brother is like a … [Read more...]

Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut (Misadventures in the Counter-Culture) by Paul Krassner

Hammond Guthrie

Paul Krassner - Ravings of a Raving, Unconfined Nut

New World Digital Publishing (2010) / ISBN-13: 978-0982531433 Having racked my brains in search of the perfect opening, I'll just wing it by saying that "reading Paul Krasner’s Expanded Edition … [Read more...]

Who the Hell is Stew Albert? A Memoir, reviewed by Hammond Guthrie

Hammond Guthrie

Who the Hell is Stew Albert?

Who the Hell is Stew Albert? by Stew Albert / Red Hen Press / 2004 / 216 pages / 978-1888996630 Cover photo by Robert Altman Author Larry "Ratso" Sloman was appearing on The Howard Stern Show … [Read more...]

About photographer Larry Keenan

Denise Enck

Larry Keenan, Photographer

In 1965, California College of Arts and Crafts student Larry Keenan was asked by his teacher, poet and playwright Michael McClure, if he would like to photograph a group of his friends. Asking … [Read more...]

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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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