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Telescoping Fault

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. This week, eight Nass writers telescope the word “fault.”

by Alexandra Orbuch, Daniel Vergara, Daniel Viorica, Emily Yang, Jane Castleman, Mollika Jai Singh, Otto Eiben, Peyton Smith on December 4, 2022

Arizona 06/13/2011

“the flash captures/our bodies/in eternal film”

by Alexandra Orbuch on November 6, 2022

Battle With Nature

A poem after Basquiat’s “The Field Next to the Other Road”

by Alexandra Orbuch on October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

The Apotheosis of Washington

his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt

by Alexandra Orbuch on August 6, 2022August 5, 2022

Telescoping Echo

To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. This week, eight Nass writers telescope the word “echo” (echo, echo). Lucia Brown At … Read More

by Alexandra Orbuch, Amaya Dressler, Audrey Zhang, Kate Lee, Lara Katz, Lucia Brown, Sierra Stern, Tommy Goulding on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022

Contrasts

“stars and stripes / color the flag of my birth country / and I am found buried in the pages / of its history”

by Alexandra Orbuch on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

Through the Haze of My Mind

One writer searches for clarity and finds mindfulness.

by Alexandra Orbuch on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

Escape of the Princetonian

“If I don’t stop and take moments like this for myself, they will never take shape.”

by Alexandra Orbuch on February 20, 2022February 20, 2022

Technology: A Bridge Across Continents and Oceans

“I didn’t have too much faith in technology to bridge such an enormous distance gap. There was no way that crackling audio or pixelated video could rival the warmth of human presence.”

by Alexandra Orbuch on November 7, 2021November 6, 2021

The Subway Car

“Jacob and / the angel / jostling in the / subway car”

by Alexandra Orbuch on October 31, 2021October 30, 2021

Once Kin

“Now / she / shrouds / her / s k e l e t o n / in / oversize / d / sweatshirts.

by Alexandra Orbuch on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

Family

“so entwined /they appeared /one fruit / blossoming from / the green earth”

by Alexandra Orbuch on September 19, 2021September 18, 2021


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