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Dear Employee 24601
It’s easy to be the protester. Something is always wrong. Imagine how hard it is to be the protested? Have you considered how much work goes into designing and maintaining a system of control that allows everyone, if they have…
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Fire Play
Pienso en lo bello que debe verse mi cuerpo decorado momentáneamente con una llama flotando a escasos milímetros de mi epidermis y lamento no poder estar en dos lugares al mismo tiempo. Ya no puedo medir la escena en minutos,…
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What is Freedom: Zoe Mendelson
Dear Yali Lou, The topic of self-seriousness has been on my mind. It’s a double-edged sword. A prison, a necessary tool, a tricky thing to know when to wield and when to avoid. Here I have gathered for you what…
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The Possibilities of Satire in a Post-Capitalist World: A Conversation with Courtney Maum
“ All my books are about making art under capitalism, it’s a subject that’s dear to me as I’m a writer and my husband is an independent filmmaker and we’re trying to, you know, make art but also bring groceries…
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The Great Flood
As if to feel for rain he turns his palms upward, while outside the streetlamps bloom like night flowers To be honest, I had notexpected such a request from him, at least: Tightly And so,I cross the thick string over…
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Penny’s Head
“Decomposing,” they said, slowly, trying it out under their breath. The word felt different than the ones before—which could be a byproduct of having only half a mouth now. Or, maybe, it was finally the right one. Their heart raced…
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A Map of Languages, Dead and Dying
I sometimes wonder if this very search to understand my family’s history, the context out of which I emerged, only feeds into this false sense of separateness. Perhaps it only doubles down on this “us vs. them” way of looking…
