Love After Love Summary

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Set in the indefinite future, “Love After Love” focuses on a single, singular event: a visit from “the stranger who was your self.” A mood of “elation” and “love” suffuses the encounter between you and… you. The speaker encourages the two of you(s) to sit and share a meal of bread and wine. Urging you to “take down the love letters […] the photographs, the desperate notes,” the speaker also suggests that you “peel your own image from the mirror” (say what?) and instead “Feast on your life.” Sounds like a tasty proposition to us.