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[What Does Your House Smell Like?]

A new poem by Aaron Kunin.

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Strange Visions

Introducing a new series on defamiliarization.

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These People Need God

August Lamm goes to the doctor.

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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.

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

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Myth and Metaphysics

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The True History of The World Spirit

Come on… no, don’t do that… not on the rug, man.

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The Dwelling Place of the Horse Warrior

Thomas de Monchaux on riding at the flying pace.

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from Sadly Glass, by Bunny Rogers

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A Confession by Leo Tolstoy (6/6)

Tolstoy's closing reflections, as his complicated faith matures...

Oct 28, 2025 • Cluny Journal

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