Hats Off – Full Design

This week, the Nass learns about the Menendez Brothers, makes friends over Zoom, and reviews the drinks of fall.

The Virtues of Friction

A visit to a meeting of the Anscombe Society, a conservative student group at Princeton.

Thirty-One Years in the Making: The Story of the Menendez Brothers

An interview with journalist Robert Rand about his work on the infamous 1989 murders.

Friendship, Inside-Out

“I was never the kid to get tangled up in chatroom relationships and online communities like many of my friends in middle and high school. I repent now, for the way I invalidated, even in my own head, the authenticity of their attachments. Laughter over Zoom is still laughter.”

after mother

“the catching of blood / & buttercream pipes / around edges as the mattress coils / find a home in my ribcage.”

Fall Drinks

A review of autumn beverages, from natty wine to Splenda-less coffee.

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