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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

Jason Stoneking and Celia Daley

Bespoke Books: An interview with Jason Stoneking

Jason Stoneking and Celia Galey

IF by Rudyard Kipling

The Middle Word in Life: Dennis Hopper and Rudyard Kipling’s “If”

Stephen Lee Naish

More Essays and Interviews

Poetry

rift - d. raphael

Lift Off: Poems by Stephen Bett

Stephen Bett

JK - Jack Kerouac typewriter

3 Poems by Ryan Ritchie

Ryan Ritchie

More Poetry

Beat Generation

Practice of the Wild - Gary Snyder

Book Review – The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

Eric D. Lehman

Ted Joans Lives! Tribute (13)

Empty Mirror

AD Winans remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans Remembers Bob Kaufman

A.D. Winans

Ruth Weiss / copyright Horst Spandler

In honor of ruth weiss on her 85th birthday

Horst Spandler

More About the Beat Generation

Visual Art

dangle (detail) - merlin flower

3 Paintings by Merlin Flower

Merlin Flower

on painting on

On Painting On

Nanette Jordan

More Art

Essays

photo credit: Digital Third Eye

From Motown to Mowtown

Andrew Lees

Dearly Beloved - Nanette Jordan

Dearly Beloved, Part I: Growing up in 1950s San Francisco

Nanette Jordan

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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