Will Toledo, Roberto Bolaño, and Some Notes on Growing Up
A senior looks back on his time at Princeton, as it comes to an end.
ElonParties: Full Design
In the final issue of the semester, the Nass telescopes “echo,” critiques optimism, and considers what it means to leave this place.
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 some point, the wrought iron fence that trapped the house disappeared, leaving behind a crumbling […]
Songs of the West
“…how will we escape when the sun meets its rise?”
Cynical Optimism
A writer probes the all-too-cheery world of an optimist.
The Sickness/Hastalık/Die Krankheit/بیماری/La Enfermedad
A multilingual short story exploring one’s thoughts while at the gym.
Please leave a voicemail, I’m out of the wheelhouse
“Mysticism twists herself in circles, gnawing at her purple train..”
Everything Everywhere Should Watch this Movie
“Everything Everywhere managed to accomplish authentic storytelling, complex character relationships, and a three-part plot structure in just over two hours, a feat that I did not think was possible.”
Rumination
“I think often about this evening, and what my friend as trying to tell me. Something about appearances, how things seldom are how they seem? But this is too banal, and she is clever.”
Apotheosis
Featured student art.