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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

Terrariums, Tolstoy, and Tasty Burgers: What Our Profs Really Think About Us

The candid opinions and hot takes of Princeton faculty members.

by Lara Katz on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

All In

“Then she got a glass of water, because really, it was almost 8:45 AM, she must be thirsty by now, and hydration is very important.”

by Lara Katz on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

Things So Obvious They Almost Make No Sense: Defamiliarization and the Default in Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From

“I couldn’t discern an agenda, political, spiritual, or otherwise, and yet the novel felt anything but aimless. Primarily, it read and resonated like poetry.”

by Lara Katz on March 20, 2022March 25, 2022

Inheritance

A science fiction glimpse into grief and imposter syndrome in the aftermath of cloning.

by Lara Katz on February 20, 2022February 20, 2022

On Vignettes

A meta-analysis of one beloved literary form.

by Lara Katz on February 13, 2022February 13, 2022

The Spirit of Curling: Vignettes

Reflections on an author-athlete’s relationship to her sport.

by Lara Katz on November 20, 2021

Delivery

“He frowned and then she was opening the door! and she was a woman because of course she was but he had temporarily forgotten women existed.”

by Lara Katz on November 7, 2021November 6, 2021

“We Could Be Killed; or Worse, Expelled!”

“Not only are we compromising and endangering our own health and education by not prioritizing our health in the short-term, but we’re compromising and endangering the health and education of everyone around us.”

by Lara Katz on October 31, 2021October 30, 2021

Only Curling, After All

“There are three types of curlers: the competitive, the prepubescent, and the beer-drinking. I have played with all three types in roughly equal measures.”

by Lara Katz on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

“Sweaty, Loud, and Not a Little Tipsy”

Four underclass students reflect on beginning and continuing college.

by Beth Villaruz, Charles Nuermberger, Lara Katz, Sam Bisno on October 10, 2021October 9, 2021

On My Way to You

“Are you there yet? Hello, dear. I’m on / my way, lost myself at the intersection /
between the bottomless sea and the swan / that wanders between the traffic lanes.”

by Lara Katz on September 26, 2021September 24, 2021


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