Helpful friend 1: You should become a freelancer
Struggling writer: I would rather eat my own eyes
Helpful friend 2: That’s a graphic image. Something… different
Overheard during grind session
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Only In Name: The Myth of Model Minority Assimilation
“There is a sad symbolism to this game of catch-up, a sense of sprinting after an ideal that is perpetually out of reach.”
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Stuck in Purrgatory: Full Design
This week the Nass reflects on the meditative power of a cappuccino, challenges poetry publications, and envisions life as a human clone.
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On Orange Juice
“…poetry ploughshares tombstones and headstones and footstones and no-stones, makes suffering beautiful and tasty…”
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Escape of the Princetonian
“If I don’t stop and take moments like this for myself, they will never take shape.”
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On “On Orange Juice:” In, Around, and About Legacy Poetry Institutions
A reflection on Brittani Telfair’s (‘22) poem, “On Orange Juice.”
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“Work Hard and Say It’s Easy”: Why The Strokes’ Debut Is Still Effortlessly Cool
Wherein the writer muses on the inevitable attraction of an indie favorite.
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New York Interior and Exterior in November
A study of photography, collage, and abstraction on the canvas.
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Nature’s Favorite Hue
“When are you going to honor the body that grips your soul, and bask in being whole?”
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Letter from the Editors
Dear Nass Community, During the upheaval and unpredictability of the past two years, the Nass has been a constant for both of us. While responding to the demands of the pandemic, this publication has moved from print to online-only and back, thankfully, to print. Throughout everything, our resilient team gathered twice each week and produced…
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Investment Baking: Full Design
In the first issue of the forty-fourth volume, the Nass sends a missive to Cupid, traverses the world of Hommlet, and grapples with healing after near-death.
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Tales from the Village of Hommlet
“When I was young, I plunged a fork through Reason’s knee, and smote her atop a hill with electrical pylons.”
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