This week, in the annual Summer Issue, the Nass reflects on nostalgia for the iPhone 6, bends like a blade of grass, and writes poems from a Costco gas station.
A Dish Window of One’s Own
“…upon closer inspection you realize it’s not paper, it’s a full hand of press-on nails pressed into the strawberry ice cream pressed into the bowl. It’s a bridge too far.”
Capri-Sun: Full Design
This week, in the annual Summer Issue, the Nass reflects on nostalgia for the iPhone 6, bends like a blade of grass, and writes poems from a Costco gas station.
The Blades
“The body politic existed as it should; the blade grew to join the body as it should; the body bowed to the wind — all as it should.”
Kyrielle
“It was her turn to paint the world in a different light, through words carefully arranged on a page. To assume the role of the enchanter and cast her clever spells. To dream with her eyes wide open.”
Short Guide for Running
Twenty satirical directives for running in the city.
from a costco gas station in california
“but roots are live wires, and you never saw / that I’m more brick than concrete…”
The Logic of Selectivity
A writer considers the stress and exclusion of selective extracurriculars.
White Supremacy and the “Cancel Culture” Backlash
An opinion piece exploring the ideological basis of vocal pushback against “wokeism” on campus.
iPhone Reflections
“Looking back at it now, it feels like that iPhone 6s was like an omnipresent eye throughout my adolescence, there to capture and see it all, completely unfiltered.”
Nass Recommends: Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction.
A Nass writer dives into the stories and science behind pop culture icons.
The Apotheosis of Washington
his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt
Death on the Acheron
A fictional account of a management consultant’s Uber ride.
Mango Mind-Body Problem
“Aam belongs in the homeland, the body says.”
Light
“Unaided / my eyes can only see so much / Beauty.”