By Queen Mob

The Back to School Special

Optotype

/ Joe Linker / Misc
I saw some strange markings on the sidewalk, as if math really is fun. A gaggle of signs befouled the views, whispering orders, dangers, and cautions.

A Schlemiel With a Russian Revolver

/ Menachem Feuer / Misc
On November 18, 1917 Franz Kafka wrote in one of his Octavio Notebooks the following meditation on good and evil: “Evil knows the Good, but Good does not know of Evil.”

That Word That Lets Us Off the Hook

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
For me, it’s never been depression. It’s always been Weltschmerz. Cultural grief, world pain.

Burst O’Teh Web

A Schlemiel With a Russian Revolver

/ Menachem Feuer / Misc
What happens when a schlemiel has been offended and made into a fool?

Kanye the Explorer

/ Queen Mob / Misc
I'm the Backpack loaded up with things and knick knacks too.

Teaching Myself to Sleep

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
Me at the farm, on the porch, getting drunk fast on white wine and rolling one cigarette after another.

Of Birds and Lobsters

/ Elias Tezapsidis / Reviews
The maternal figures of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom are antithetical characters. Avril Incandenza, the imperious OCD-ridden mother figure in Infinite Jest, raises insecure children despite her profound love for them.

FUK PATRIARCHY

BRINLEY FROELICH

LOST IN THE FOG: Thursday, 5/5

/ Evan Tognotti / Media
“……” – Strange animal It’s been a bit of time since I’ve written one of […]

Somewhere Between Trauma, Trust, and Comedy

/ Menachem Feuer / Misc
Innocence is a key character trait of the schlemiel. And it is expressed through the pervading trust the schlemiel has for other people.

Chest Pocket of the Uniform

Burst O’Teh Web

Selfie Life

/ Queen Mob / Media
I like that performance, the web and art give a space for women and female-identifiers to play.

Farewell From NLP

/ NLP Editors / Misc
We believe that websites like New Left Project have an important role to play in building and sustaining effective and popular movements in opposition to war, racism, sexism and corporate power.

Russ Moves In

/ Masha Tupitsyn / Misc
He seemed to be moving in. We made eye contact as I walked past. It was 1 am.

This song is not about a burger.

/ Chad Schuster / Fiction
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