Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination
Wherein a Nass writer looks at the popular sitcom from a more radical angle.
Metamorphosis – Full Design
This week, the Nass examines liberal orthodoxy, considers adolescence, and calls home.
Owing
Wherein a Nass writer reflects on a complex relationship to the sport of volleyball.
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.”
Effect of Fog
“I can’t wake up from the things I wanted– / I can’t ever bring myself to come clean.”
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.”
Tiger Tarot
A Tarot reading for the Princeton community.
Hallway
“Still, I see strength, even under the camera’s gaze. Maybe I want to imagine that their strength will find its way to me.”
Comics
Some cartoons for your Sunday enjoyment
Voyage
“Yesterday evening, / life coalesced in rain: dripping streetlights, storefronts reflected / onto glossy black pavement. Liquid incandescence.”