Author: nassauweekly

Hats Off – Full Design

This week, the Nass learns about the Menendez Brothers, makes friends over Zoom, and reviews the drinks of fall.

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The Virtues of Friction

A visit to a meeting of the Anscombe Society, a conservative student group at Princeton.

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Thirty-One Years in the Making: The Story of the Menendez Brothers

An interview with journalist Robert Rand about his work on the infamous 1989 murders.

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Friendship, Inside-Out

“I was never the kid to get tangled up in chatroom relationships and online communities like many of my friends in middle and high school. I repent now, for the way I invalidated, even in my own head, the authenticity of their attachments. Laughter over Zoom is still laughter.”

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after mother

“the catching of blood / & buttercream pipes / around edges as the mattress coils / find a home in my ribcage.”

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Fall Drinks

A review of autumn beverages, from natty wine to Splenda-less coffee.

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Georgia on My Mind – Full Design

This week, the Nass bruises, telescopes rhythm, and spends 24 hours on Zoom.

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Telescoping Rhythm

In the succeeding entries, we telescope “rhythm.” Sonically evocative and personally connotative, we examine the word in its multiplicity of meanings.

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Freshman Year From My Childhood Bedroom

“Applying to colleges, I held one core condition: there was no way I was staying in this town.”

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On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

A review of the latest Sasha Baron Cohen comedy.

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Bruise

“First dusty lilac, hints of navy. / Sailing on the bay at dusk, aloft, / the dappled rising surface.”

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Big Hoe III

A virtual take on the illustrious Nass tradition of spending 24 hours in Frist.

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