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Criticism, Nonfiction Tess Crain Criticism, Nonfiction Tess Crain

Making Faust Great Again

I began reading Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by a Friend (1947), in mid-2016, casually. I’d bought the book by mistake several years prior, thinking it was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s version—that is, the seminal German Faust. I am not the first to have confused the two authors.

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Epiphany is hiring a Development Officer to join our team. If you’re an extrovert with a knack for nonprofit fundraising, especially in the NYC literary space, we want to hear from you.

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Submissions are Open for Issue 37
Submissions are Open for Issue 37

Submissions for Issue 37 are open from May 1 to June 15, 2026. Creative nonfiction and translation are especially requested!

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Welcoming Guest Poetry Editor Diana Khoi Nguyen
Welcoming Guest Poetry Editor Diana Khoi Nguyen

We’re deeply honored to announce our next guest poetry editor, Diana Khoi Nguyen. A poet and multimedia artist, Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (2018) which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Root Fractures (2024).

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