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Reading Up on Palestine
A Nass writer looks to two books as scholarly introductions to the occupation.
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Masthead Recommends
In week 3 of the Nass gone digital, our masthead is here to offer you a variety of TV, books, movies, and music we think you should check out.
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Perfect Songs
“The dead linger after their passing in the memories of those who knew them; this poem, however, lingers only on my hard drive, contextless and adrift in the sea of my thoughts and memories.”
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Pete Recommends: A Critical Reappraisal of Stairway to Heaven
“But both in spite and because of this ubiquity, “Stairway to Heaven” gets a little slept on, relegated to the status of “rock classic” and thought of as a song more to be heard than to be enjoyed.”
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Moments of Dreams: Dawes in Six Albums and Seven Stories
“In my moments of dogged hope, I would play “Moon in the Water,” an acoustic ballad where Goldsmith proclaims that ‘Love is for the fighter / Born to lose but never quit / Swinging for the moon in the water.’”
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Someday I’ll Come Back to Peter Taylor
“Remember how lovely / Your dreams once were, filled with sandcastles / made from stolen buckets on a beach / Long since nationalized.”
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What I Remember of Philadelphia: An Incomplete, Random List
“On those evenings, I fancied myself a tortured artist, sipping a Coors Light and stewing in the majesty of my ideas. I even wrote some of them down.”
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In the Glow of this Candle
“It does not matter that Claire in real life, though a remarkably talented singer, is not a songwriter. This Claire is not that Claire, even though they are inextricably linked by more than their names and the name of their current partners.”
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Nass Recommends: A Guide to the Conscious Consumption of Content
Need a new book, show, or album? Look no further.
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How to Talk to Your Friend about Jordan Peterson (and Social Justice)
The challenges of friendship with a fan of Jordan Peterson.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination
Wherein a Nass writer looks at the popular sitcom from a more radical angle.
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