Jeff Bezos Launches Us to 1892
A Nass writer meditates on staggering levels of income inequality amidst excesses of wealth.
Sync or Swim – Full Design
This week, the Nass wiles away the summer months by going to the movies, eating ice cream, and jetting off to space.
Prayers for My Homecoming
“Sometimes my body just wants me and I give her me. Then we are good to each other: the wave rushing toward the shore, crashing violently, then retreating back into herself.”
Ice Cream for Two
“I remember thinking, wow, isn’t this so picturesque, isn’t this so magnificent, isn’t this so exquisite.”
The Lurker
“I ran away from home because I thought I wasn’t special and my parents were trying to make me special.”
metamorphosis
“A flower waves its children as wind ruffles grass like children chasing butterflies”
Abyss
“Hypnotic / In the crayon-colored blue of her womb, a / Pale body bubbles and floats.”
Losing a City
“Regardless, an aquiline parasite lived inside me, compelling me violently with its bald-eagle talons to wage psychological Revolutionary Warfare against my own best friend.”
How to Visit Home from a Movie Theater
A Nass writer reflects on her family’s connection to a recent film.
Supernovae
“Sometimes it would end with go to your room but sometimes it would end with why are you so angry? and that hurt a lot more.”