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Astana

“I am forever a part of this corner of the world—how could I not be, when it is the reason that I get those strange looks and questions to begin with?”

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Unfurnished Furnished

“These photos of Schisto from this past June depict two prefabricated housing units. The first set is an empty trailer just before new residents moved in. The second set is the trailer of Mohammed (pictured in the doorway) and his family.”

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Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan

“His favorite food was jellybeans because they helped him fend off the desire to smoke. We eat none and smoke none, and congratulate ourselves.”

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Capri-Sun: Full Design

This week, in the annual Summer Issue, the Nass reflects on nostalgia for the iPhone 6, bends like a blade of grass, and writes poems from a Costco gas station.

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Wijbe’s War

Wijbe nurses a beer and burns through the tenth cigarette of the day, cursing himself for not having the courage to approach the topless Czech girl two beach chairs over. It’s almost noon, and Wijbe is straining to relax at a Turkish resort near Antalya. He mostly succeeds until the evening fireworks boom across the cove and he starts flinching, as if he’s still in war.

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A Better Course Guide

The Nass’s classes.

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Jennifer Weiner’s Roots in the Nass

A New York Times Bestselling author shares how the Nass’s spirit of journalistic curiosity accelerated her creative practice

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Azealia Banks

Azealia Banks might just be the long awaited solution, or revolution, concerning misogyny in rap. The opening line of her hit, “212,” “Hey, I can be the answer,” is perhaps her subtle recognition of her position at the helm of constructive feminism in hip-hop. For years women have been voicing their frustration with the portrayal of females in hip-hop, and rightly so.

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Dorm Life 101

This past summer, before even stepping foot on Nassau Street, saying bye to my parents, or buying my twin extra-long dorm sheets at Bed Bath and Beyond, I got my first peek into to college life. This peek was through … Read More

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Fall Foliage: Full Design

This week, the Nass puts a play on for a dead son, starts a commune beyond patriarchy, learns the importance of trash bags

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Writing Women

(A male author) on the gender trouble of imaginative literature.

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Letter from the Editor

One or several elephants: this final issue’s back cover, which looks like a full-page ad for PNC bank because it is. We’d ask that you hereafter refrain from calling The Nass anything other than PNC Bank Presents the Nassau Weekly. … Read More

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