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That Girl

That girl walks for thirty minutes at twelve incline and three speed on the treadmill while drinking one of her goal-three Stanley-cup tumblers of water and journals when she’s out of the shower where she shaved her underarms and legs and vulva with a vanilla bodyscrub.

by Sasha Rotko on March 1, 2024March 1, 2024

The Interview

A Nass writer interviews Rupert Birkin, a central character of D.H. Lawrence’s novel Women in Love.

by Sasha Rotko on March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

The bar where the beach boys used to play

L.A., from someone who got out.

by Sasha Rotko on April 10, 2025April 11, 2025

Telescoping Melt

A much celebrated and reviled Nass tradition. To telescope, writers write a brief 300 word piece on a theme (this year, “melt”). Then, a 150 word piece. Then, 75 words. Then, 37 and a half. You’ll see.

by Emily Yang, Isabelle Clayton, Melanie Garcia, Sasha Rotko, Sofiia Shapovalova, Sophia Macklin on May 23, 2024September 5, 2024

Where are all the dogs?

“I have been very quiet this past month, save for when I call mother and we talk about things like where all the dogs are.”

by Sasha Rotko on October 3, 2024October 7, 2024

New New Yorkers

How marked-up student housing is driving gentrification in New York City.

by Sasha Rotko on November 30, 2023

A-Train to Elsewhere

“I did not understand the sentiment of a chapter. Life had only been one chapter. I thought life would only be one chapter.”

by Sasha Rotko on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024


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