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My Mother, the Dumping Ground

“I love my mother, but how is anyone supposed to respond to an endless bucket of support?”

by Amaya Dressler on April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

How to Write an ‘A’ Paper; Or, How to Play the Shame

“I’m thinking, if I sit here long enough—all this professor’s time and energy and efforts will somehow culminate in my very own A paper. That’s all feedback is, right?”

by Amaya Dressler on February 13, 2022February 13, 2022

Secondary Exposure

“Whatever the master could offer, it would represent just one millionth of the dog’s unreciprocated love.”

by Amaya Dressler on April 3, 2022April 3, 2022

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 … Read More

by Alexandra Orbuch, Amaya Dressler, Audrey Zhang, Kate Lee, Lara Katz, Lucia Brown, Sierra Stern, Tommy Goulding on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022


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