For over 20 years, Epiphany has published literature that guides readers toward unexpected revelation. Learn more about us and the writers we publish.
Use our A-Z index to explore a few themes:
The Shame of Reading
This past year, I set out to read a hundred books. All had to count, more or less, however subjectively, as “literature.”
The Magician
There is a preternatural precision to Hernán Diaz’s every syllable, word, phrase and sentence. No room to spare. He doesn’t let you breathe. What’s more, he is a writer capable of conceptual translation. He can turn the banal into the fascinating. He can reduce the complex into the basic. He can even make the gruesome majestic.
Introducing the Epiphanic
The Epiphanic, so-called, will publish at least one piece each month about an artistic enthusiasm, whether literary, visual, or performative in nature
To Understand Russia’s Complexities, Turn to Its Contemporary Literature
A friend’s ten-year-old son recently came up to me at a party to ask, “You’re from Russia, right?” Sensing caution in my assent, the boy hesitated before asking the next question, clearly trying to phrase it in a way that wouldn’t cause offense but would express his curiosity. He finally came up with, “It’s a very violent place, isn’t it?”
A Letter to My Younger Self As You Begin Your MFA
You will learn craft and language, you will develop a love affair with poetry, you will find lifelong friends and mentors. You will experiment, test your boundaries, search for your voice
An Interview with Jennifer Baker on Curation and Cultivating Hope
The anthology Everyday People: The Color of Life brings together complex and confident stories from an impressive list of authors.
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