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Fires of the Old World XVI —The Wrestling Hall
There was once a hall in Mathura where the floor had been washed before dawn, and still the dust would not stay away. Above the wrestling sand sat…
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Lucas Varro
What the Hand Knew
Only the body recognising home. Only the hand finding the warm fact of you.
Jun 3
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The Hut We Carry With Us
A hut can be a shelter. It can also become a throne. The danger is not that we seek refuge, but that refuge becomes the condition under which we agree…
Jun 2
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Lucas Varro
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May 2026
Now in The Angkor Library: The Wind That Carried Me to Zhenla
A new book enters The Angkor Library: The Wind That Carried Me to Zhenla, a mythic retelling of Zhou Daguan’s journey into Angkor, now available in full…
May 24
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Lucas Varro
Where a Name Could Not Follow
Somewhere beneath the long shoulder of Phnom Kulen, a boy learns to listen to sandstone. Years later, his hands will help raise a temple whose stones…
May 23
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Fires of the Old World XV — The Serpent-River Dance
There was once a bend in the river where birds would not settle and cows stepped back from the water. In that dark pool lived Kaliya, the serpent…
May 21
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Lucas Varro
Where the River Outlasts Us
But you have arrived after the door. The ground is real.
May 20
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A New Book in The Living Way: The Problem of Access
A new philosophical book enters The Living Way: The Problem of Access, on mediation, form, and the conditions of contact.
May 19
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On Writing Angkor
There are two ways to leave a temple.
May 16
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Leviathan — The Coiling Deep
The horizon was not horizon but body, a breadth of dark that feigned distance until the prayers of sailors unravelled against its silence. The sky…
May 14
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Spring Sea
All day the sea lifts what it cannot keep. All day it lays it down again.
May 13
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The Astonishment of Being
The universe’s indifference does not cancel meaning. It strips away false meaning — which is a different thing entirely, and perhaps a mercy.
May 12
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