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“After Gaza, it is time to recognize that this attempt to humanize history has failed, and that there will not be a second try.” On the political and philosophical ramifications of Israel’s genocide. | Lit Hub Politics
“The dream first came to him when he was twelve, and it would often return at unexpected times. In that dream he was in a small skiff, all alone, in the middle of the ocean.” Read from Eka Kurniawan’s novel The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks, translated by Annie Tucker. | Lit Hub Fiction
A DARKLY COMIC AND UNFLINCHING FEMINIST CAMPUS NOVEL
Introverted Penny transfers to a Midwest university and falls under the influence of a damaged sorority girl.
Got Lux? Meet the socialist feminist magazine that’s reclaiming the “Charlie Kirk-style campus tour.” | The Guardian
“I watch videos of formless spheres for the same reason I watch videos of miniature horses: I am in search of purity.” Morgan Day explores the world of the blobcow. | The Paris Review