Epiphanies

The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Love” by Clarice Lispector
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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Love” by Clarice Lispector

There have been many craft essays written over the last few decades arguing the merits of the classic Joyce-ian epiphany. In “Love,” (The Offing), Clarice Lispector (translated by Katrina Dodson) explores the nature of epiphanies, and perhaps more importantly, what we do with them once they happen. We meet the protagonist Ana as she’s returning…