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Year of the Soul

A new poem by Tao Lin.

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I SIGNED THE GUESTBOOK AT THE PAINTED CHURCH

A polyphonic collage of visitor experiences by Eliza Barry Callahan.

Feb 20 • Eliza Callahan

Sorry For My Language

Jessi Jezewska Stevens on the water main.

Feb 12 • Jessi Jezewska Stevens

My Favorite Sin

Stephen Adubato on gossip.

Feb 10 • Stephen G. Adubato

[What Does Your House Smell Like?]

A new poem by Aaron Kunin.

Feb 5 • Aaron Kunin

Short-Form Truths

On the Tweet, the Wall Text, and the New Moral Style

Feb 3 • Edmund King

Cloud Full of Lightning

A darkly comic meditation on what injury does to Time.

Jan 29 • Charlie Fox

Amalia Ulman on beautiful transgenic soy, AI, and the power of images.

Jan 22 • Amalia Ulman

Strange Visions

Introducing a new series on defamiliarization.

Jan 16 • Cluny Journal

These People Need God

August Lamm goes to the doctor.

Jan 15 • August Lamm

Regarding the Fistfight at the Edge of the Park

A new poem by Andrew Weatherhead.

Jan 13 • Andrew Weatherhead

A Christmas Eve poem by Lamb.

Dec 25, 2025 • Lamb

A Christmas story by Sr. Theresa Aletheia, featuring a shirtless man, a group of nuns, and a shopping cart tree.

Dec 23, 2025 • Sr. Theresa Aletheia

Myth and Metaphysics

A quantum physicist, an essayist, and a historian discuss the role of myth in sense-making...

Dec 10, 2025 • Michael Nielsen, Dylan O'Sullivan, Michael Bonner, and Luke Burgis

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