Wary customer: What flavors are th- oh, do you not want to know?
Adventurous customer: Sometimes it’s better not to know.
Overheard at Mochinut
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THE DISHES ARE NEVER DONE BUT GOOD LUCK
“I might survive, and what if I do? What if I swim through the waters and eat and hide from those raiders? And, god, what if I have to drink my own urine?”
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It Looks Like Paris, If You Squint
“She told me she was a writer, and when I left she gave me three books in French, on Proust, Vienna, and magic. It was a sweet thing to do, because our conversations had been mostly in English, and we tried French together like friends failing to be lovers.”
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Lemonade // Drain
“Neither you nor your soul is waiting for me at the end of this,” — Nick Flynn, “Cathedral of Salt” All I ever wanted was a kitchen and you standing in the tile-white light. Me, on the floor, drinking pink lemonade & watching the minutes blink 30 In all my years I’ve…
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A History of Silence: Elision and Destruction in the New Mexican Landscape
“There’s power in not having to care. As Inez Guzmán remarks, the film Oppenheimer can leave New Mexico just as its subject did: apparently without a second thought. But there’s also power—more ambivalent, yes, but also more lasting—that comes with needing to pick up the pieces.”
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There’s a Woman by the River: The Delta Blues with Lala Craig
“When she sings, her voice batters the crowd like baseball-sized hail. No one is safe.”
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Dogs Out: Full Design
This week, the Nass invents a new major, sings the blues, and asks what the end of affirmative action means for Princeton students of color.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Sponsored “get him back!” Video Fails to Be Iconic
Does Olivia Rodrigo have more to give than GUTS?