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Telescoping Cavity
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, four Nass writers telescope the word “cavity.” Charlie Nuermberger (cn0260) CW: Suicide It’s really beautiful, under the gas station canopy lights, when snow falls, and…
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Telescoping Fault
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 “fault.”
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The Apotheosis of Washington
his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt
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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…
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Contrasts
“stars and stripes / color the flag of my birth country / and I am found buried in the pages / of its history”
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Escape of the Princetonian
“If I don’t stop and take moments like this for myself, they will never take shape.”
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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.”
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