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Leigh Claire La Berge

@lclaberge.bsky.social

Writer, professor, author of “Marx for Cats,” (2023) and "Fake Work" (2025); NY-based Marxist humorist. Currently working on a new book; excerpt --> https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-54/essays/michel-and-mom/

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Leigh Claire La Berge@lclaberge.bsky.social · last mo.

Currently reading two book manuscripts that *I think* augur a new academic genre. Something like Quit Lit but you can't quit. There you stay, in a broken academy, working. The system can't reproduce itself or you, but there you are. Such humor, pathos, and wit. Any existing titles seem like this?

Leigh Claire La Berge@lclaberge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Aujourd'hui, folks--My reminisces about family life as the daughter of someone who was transformed by reading Michel Foucault in @nplusonemag.com

n+1@nplusonemag.com · 2mo ago

Excellent new issue coming soon, featuring @lclaberge.bsky.social, @cgvanderburg.bsky.social, Jack Norton, Mary Turfah, @dushkopetrovich.bsky.social, Chad Harbach, @walkercapl.bsky.social, @aaronjakes.bsky.social, and more! Subscribe now to read it as soon as it drops. www.nplusonemag.com/subscribe/

Leigh Claire La Berge@lclaberge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

True? "Those who study Foucault, particularly straight men, are statistically more likely to adopt Foucault’s aesthetic—the shaved head, the wire-rim glasses, certain gay affectations, white turtlenecks—than are Marxists to emulate Marx’s mien or psychoanalysts to fashion themselves after Freud."

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Leigh Claire La Berge@lclaberge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sarah's so smart; I'm sure this is a great book and I can't wait to read it. But also: the cover! I'm going to start grading undergrad English essays using only emojis.

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In "Content Machines," @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social considers how short-form, platform-based, and social media writing on digital mediums like Wattpad and TikTok has reshaped the modern reading and writing landscape. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Tip538L

Cover of Content Machines: Reading and Writing in the Platform Era by Sarah Brouillette. The cover is white with a tablet featuring six colorful digitally drawn images of romance book covers. There are blue thumbs ups and red hearts covering the images. Beneath is written, “Reading and Writing in the Platform Era” in bold. Below this, in lighter text, a summary of Content Machines begins. The title is written vertically in the bottom right parallel to the tablet. The author’s name is directly after in a smaller serif font.