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July 2026We seem always ready to pay the price for war. Almost gladly we give our time and our treasure—our limbs and even our lives—for war. But we expect to get peace for nothing.
The Open Marketplace of the End Times
Today I remembered the last time I looked out the window. This was months ago. Was I braver then—or more childlike? No, not childlike, as children do not look out their windows either. More naive. More stupidly hopeful.
July 2026
Fragments from a Pilgrimage
I came to plunder the past and found, appropriately, only a bit of play history. What did I expect?
July 2026
A Poem for World Infertility Awareness Month
Infertility is a struggle many face in silence, without the support of their community. Kelly Grace Thomas’s poem “To the Woman Sitting Next to Me in the Infertility Clinic” captures that sense of isolation as well as the impulse to reach out to one another. Though the poem won’t appear in the magazine until later this year, we are sharing it online now to coincide with World Infertility Awareness Month.
Become A Friend Of The Sun
The Sun has always belonged to its readers. It exists because people believe in quiet conversation, in close listening, in honest storytelling. It exists because readers like you decide that this endeavor is worth sustaining.
June 2026Become A Friend Of The Sun
The Sun has always belonged to its readers. It exists because people believe in quiet conversation, in close listening, in honest storytelling. It exists because readers like you decide that this endeavor is worth sustaining.
Ancestors
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah on the Musical and Cultural Legacy of New Orleans
Some African harmonic traditions and histories may have been redacted, but they’re not lost. In New Orleans, specifically among the tribes, they made sure to hold on to those histories and the skeleton keys of those expressions.
May 2026
Practicing
Taking piano lessons, learning to speak Russian, seeking enlightenment
May 2026
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