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Bless the Phone

PAN IV, 2023, by Ross SimoniniLast year, I developed the unexpected habit of blessing my phone. I now do this ritual any time I answer a call, send a text, or enter the drooling state of the scroll. I do it even if I'm not feeling particularly grateful for my device, because blessing isn't a way of

The Sound of the Highway

The following is an excerpt of the novel PAN by Michael Clune, which he read at our Cluny Journal event in Chicago, IL in April. PAN is available now from Penguin Press. Home? Mom's house was far more exposed to impermanence than Chariot Courts, even including the dire prophetic open spaces of the n