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At Your Fingertips

On nail polish and the theory of cosmetics.

by Tess Solomon on March 10, 2019April 7, 2019

No Shrinking Violets

A recap of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan’s visits to the orange bubble.

by Tess Solomon on October 14, 2018October 13, 2018

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

Induction

“But looking at this sunrise, I realized I had missed the magic of so many past ones with my expectation.”

by Tess Solomon on November 12, 2017November 10, 2017

Tess Solomon ’21 Reflection

“I hope and expect those feelings will only increase as I watch where it goes in the next forty.”

by Tess Solomon on April 14, 2019April 14, 2019

Close

“Matter warps that geometry.
So I try to piece her together like he would.”

by Tess Solomon on November 12, 2017November 10, 2017

The Anonymous Tastemakers

“During a discussion of symbols in my writing seminar, a classmate referred to the sweatshirt, which they were wearing, as ‘a semiotic wonder.'”

by Tess Solomon on April 22, 2018April 21, 2018

The Empathetic Potential of Fiction

Examining the relationship between feminist literary theory, authority by experience, and the potential of the human moral imagination.

by Tess Solomon on March 31, 2019April 7, 2019

No Angel Knows

“At the top of the platform I turned left. The flat surface of the hemispheric bubble sprawled below. In my memory, the red chairs looked like rock candy.”

by Tess Solomon on April 21, 2019April 22, 2019

Turning Twenty

“What was so different about turning twenty? It means I have passed something. That is to say, I have disappointed already. Former promise has resigned itself.”

by Tess Solomon on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

Farmers and Princeton Against Hunger

“Eight-hundred pounds of beautiful Arkansas Black apples later, we took off our gloves. Some wiped off their foreheads. We squinted at each other in the sun, smiling.”

by Tess Solomon on December 3, 2017December 2, 2017

Telescoping Morning

“In the succeeding entries, we telescope our mornings by recounting and recasting. Each succeeding morning of a series is composed in exactly half the number of words of the previous. Diminish with us below.”

by Alex Jacobson, Ananya Malhotra, Carolyn Kelly, Christopher Villani, David Exumé, Katie Duggan, Miriam Friedman, Serena Alagappan, Tara Shirazi, Tess Solomon, Tianyi Wang on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017


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