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Nostalgia Architects

“With too much text to see or read, / I imagine the storm of a thousand paper cranes.”

by Serena Alagappan on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019

The Sculptures that Surround Us

Brief descriptions of artistic objects you walk past on Princeton’s campus.

by Alex Jacobson, Andrew White, Mina Quesen, Serena Alagappan, Tess Solomon on November 17, 2019

The Skeleton in the Sea

“A part of this planet for 500,000 years, the Great Barrier Reef bears both the wisdom and ache of old age.”

by Serena Alagappan on October 13, 2019October 12, 2019

Tending

“Or maybe you are stuck staring at the sun, a gap / in the clouds, a yolk poked and spreading in the sky.”

by Serena Alagappan on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Adapting Art: A Call for New Monologues

And if it were to embrace a more expansive view of womanhood…a new production that seeks to radically transform the way women are perceived and perceive themselves, could also deal more thoughtfully with other perspectives.

by Serena Alagappan on February 24, 2019February 24, 2019

The Smell of Salt

“We rolled the shoes / over like small, still bodies.”

by Serena Alagappan on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Storyteller

“He had built a life before, and watched it fall apart.”

by Serena Alagappan on December 2, 2018December 4, 2018

Only Noise

“Small items, their lightness measured by just how many/you can lose and not notice. Imagine if we tucked/all the stinging things to our chests and rocked them quiet.”

by Serena Alagappan on November 11, 2018December 11, 2018

With Precious Memories of Howard Friedman

A eulogy to an artist, a father, a husband and a man whose memories live on with his family.

by Serena Alagappan on September 30, 2018September 29, 2018

The Tat Cat

The tattoo artist on the corner of Davies Street says “Please.” “Please let me write something on your body.” After a while, the needle doesn’t even hurt, he promises, your skin just sort of goes numb. I look up at … Read More

by Serena Alagappan on July 31, 2018July 30, 2018

Love According to Gabriel García Márquez

“Love is a breath, and a surprise, and the common space between two solitudes, and two bodies.”

by Serena Alagappan on May 5, 2018May 5, 2018

Barbed Beauty

“Perhaps we must accept that we are simply watchers of beautiful forms. And if we acknowledge that we are observers, bound by our own frailties and limitations, we may be able to rescue the memory of what was, for an instant, exquisite.”

by Serena Alagappan on April 8, 2018April 8, 2018


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