Symptoms May Include

February 20, 2016

That Precept Kid Reviews Recipes

This bark is not trying to be anything than what it really is, something that plagues so many holiday desserts.

by Zach Cohen on February 21, 2016

Sopor

Last night I caught you sleepwalking again: you stumbled to the hallway and curled your toes against the hardwood, spun like the skipping track of a cross-eyed orbit. I had forgotten what you look like off-balance. Your nightmares only ring … Read More

by Allison Light on February 21, 2016February 25, 2016

A Book Review of Ted Cruz’s Thesis

I was also intrigued by what a 21-year-old Cruz had to say about the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, the focus of his thesis and, to his credit, a rarely discussed topic in the academic literature. Because it’s clear that Ted Cruz is — and always has been — a pretty smart guy.

by Alex Costin on February 21, 2016March 16, 2017

No Filter

There’s no reason that competence and authenticity should be odds with one another. Yet many of the ways that we read authenticity—Bernie Sanders’ oversized suits, per say, or Trump’s disregard for political correctness—do defy the codes through which we usually measure a candidate’s fitness for office.

by Kat Kulke on February 21, 2016February 28, 2016

After throwing your cigarettes out

I took a bus home to your nightly reenactments, the ones performed before you ever hid your lighters or begged for air. My blood’ll sort it out, you promised, ignoring London and your heredity, all those veils of ash and … Read More

by Nicolette D’Angelo on February 21, 2016February 25, 2016

7 Steps to the Perfect Cover Letter

A strong cover letter can help your application stand out from a stack of identical resumés, and can give your interviewer more insight into who you really are.

by Joe Sheehan on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016

Lazarus Sleeps

the clacking of his thoughts sound like the anxious machinery of a typewriter, ribbon unspooling into ink-laden pages hammered by shakespeare’s thousand sweatshop monkeys he dreams he just woke up to find his mouth open and full of flies: their … Read More

by Isabella Grabski on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016

The Screaming Woman

Let me tell you a story. There was a storm on the day my great-grandmother died.

by Oscar Mahoney on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016

Exeat

I want to revisit every city I have been, and take you along this time. Rewrite all the sights, all the memories.

by Aoife Zuria on February 21, 2016February 28, 2016

Jewish Wisdom

Love, lust and etsah in the bubble

by Ben Perelmuter, Zach Cohen on February 20, 2016February 20, 2016

Verbatim

Overheard in Advanced Poetry

Monica Youn: Who did you think the speaker was?
Terrace senior: This might sound weirdly specific, but I thought it was either a female dentist or a yoga instructor.