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A Friend Called Me Timid

“We talked inside for about an hour. A lot of people we knew who used to be friends were no longer friends. Afterwards, we talked for another hour in the parking lot.”

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Another Episode

“Anne liked Lola’s toes and when she was born, the doctor said they were the most beautiful baby toes. Anne liked when other people told her what was beautiful. This was the beginning.”

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Skeeter Peter

“Woodstock incubates the mosquitoes in the garage, which is uninsulated and hot in the summer. It’s recycling day, and he pours allotments of pond water into empty gallon jugs.”

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Searching for Edelweiss

Alpine wildflowers, Simone Weil, Nara Smith, other meditations on attention

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Minivan

tilted, perfectly   the globe sat undisturbed on its axis   the sound of stillness spoke to me   being young was being free?   Babi drove the minivan.   Babi said it was easy   un-split ends   curly … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

This week, something strange happened, and the only way to tell which way is right-side up is by blowing bubbles from our mouths and seeing which direction they float. How do we reorient? Per usual, we can turn towards the … Read More

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In Search of an American Original in Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp

A pair of Nass writers look for the Original across a pair of movies that have more than a dozen sequels between them

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Bloodbath (The Halloween Issue): Full Design

Boo! You should’ve seen your face. The Nass’s first ever Halloween issue inside.

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Chronicles of a Scary Movie Convert

A Nass writer lauds the transcendent, self-escaping qualities of horror movies

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A Finance Horror Story

A Nass writer probes at some of the more proximate fears of Princeton kids these days

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Said, softly

Said, softly   October crushes down, squeezing the juice of summer and all the faces are new fresh new Mouths fallen heaps of gloss and lips  Sit. Sleep.  October crushes, and leaves curl on asphalt like fingers.    The leaves … Read More

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Spooky Mysteries I May or May Not Be Able to Clear up for You

Documenting some of the spookier mysteries that psychically afflict this Nass writer

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