How to Write a Pitchfork Album Review
Listen to two or three of the songs off of the album. Pick them from different sections, so it seems like you listened to the whole thing. Also, don’t call them songs. Call them “tracks” or (even better) “cuts” instead.
Anatomy of a sane girl
Let her suck air through her teeth first, anticipating
the beginning of pulling the meat.
Carmen in the Sunset
Sitting on the veranda with her coffee cup, Her grey hair braided up,
The lonely lady Carmen turns her eyes up
Ruins of Our Time
Conteplating human extinction
Uncle Phil
At his house, I’m sitting on the screened-in porch, eating the whitest sandwich of all time: white bread, white chicken, white cheese, mayonnaise.
requiem
If you ask me about the next day, though, and I mean the day he killed himself, I won’t be able to tell you anything. I don’t remember. But if you ask me about the day before, I can tell you how Carrie looked in the muggy evening light, how the tips of his hair curled with sweat, how a cluster of pimples settled above his left eyebrow like a constellation.
60 Hours in Limbo
Twelve hours later, I AM IN AMERICA, thank Jesus and Mohammad and Buddha and all the minor religious figures I am forgetting.
A Look Into Sleep
You shall fall asleep at your desk, wake up to frantically finish your essay, and then post a Snapchat with a filter hiding your under-eye bags and communally sharing your sleepless angst — all before the onset of the second sleep.
Searching for Truth
Trump, Objectivity, and the Media
Pokemon No
When childhood is sold to adults.
Time, Space, and Train Schedules
A few married undergraduate students at Princeton tell their stories.