Literary Features:
Reviews, Poems, Essays & Interviews

Poems

Book, Film & Event Reviews

More Reviews!

• Eric D. Lehman reviews Time Adjusters & Other Stories by Bill Ectric *new!
• Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's Howl (Teresa Conboy)

Articles & Essays

Beat Generation Essays by Eric V. Patterson

Eric explores Beat issues in a thought-provoking trio of essays:

• Blowing: Poetry Meets Music in the Writing of the Beat Gen.
• Rebirth of the Author in Jack Kerouac's On the Road
• The Cultural and Literary Legacy of the Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac & The Outsider

Author & Beat scholar Dave Moore explores strange variations in one of Jack Kerouac's poems, in his article, "Kerouac & The Outsider - A Puzzle.

More Beat-related essays:

• Lonely? You better believe it. by Alan Griffey

Music

Musical Gems from the 1960s & 1970s

Empty Mirror contributor Siggy reviews 25 noteworthy albums from the sixties and seventies, many of which have been overlooked in the intervening years. Even those with huge music collections are bound to find something new here.

Check out Siggy's musical gems...

Alchemy: Tom Waits

In two articles, songwriter Robert Wright considers Tom Waits as songwriter & inspiration, then considers the best covers of Waits' songs.

• Inherited Alchemy: Tom Waits Inspiration on Songwriting
• Introduction to Alchemy: A Study of Waits through Cover Songs

Photography & Art

Larry Keenan - Beat Generation & Counterculture Photos

A vast gallery spanning over 40 years of award-winning photographer's photos of Beat Generation, counterculture & musical icons, including Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Bob Dylan, and many others. A visual trip through hip America. Visit the Beat Generation & Counterculture Photo Gallery.

Summer of Love 40th Anniversary Concert

On August 11, Tom Constanten, the music of It's a Beautiful Day featuring David & Linda LaFlamme, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Starship, and Big Brother & the Holding Company played the Festival of the River in Arlington, Wa. We've got exclusive photos!
View the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary Concert photos...

Rob Lee - Photos of Beat Generation & North Beach Poets

Writer & photographer Rob Lee's camera has captured some marvelous images of the Beats and other San Francisco writers in North Beach & at City Lights Books. Subjects include Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, among others. View his Beat Generation & North Beach Poets Photos.

Meditations - 6 Paintings by Kurt Rostek

Kurt Rostek explores six concepts: balance, compassion, concentration, emptiness, renunciation, and wisdom, in this vibrant series of mixed-media artworks.

Enter the gallery.

Fiction

• The Home Helper by Kenneth Tindall *new!
• Cut-Up (The Stolen Scroll) by Bill Ectric

Miscellaneous

• Some favorite quotations

don't forget The Third Page...

The Third Page: A Journal of Ongrowing Natures, is not part of the main Empty Mirror site. It's edited by Hammond Guthrie, who presents an eclectic assortment of art, literature & countercultural features. Here's The Third Page's home.

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