Student eating dinner: “I recognize the value in edging.”
Overheard in dining hall
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Jew-ish: A Brief Reflection on Identity
A Nass writer reflects on his complicated relationship to his Jewish identity.
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Song of My Studio
“Most days I whack my shinbone on the coffee table / When friends come over we drink whiskey and forget the rules of chess”
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A Mysterious De-Personing
“More than a few miles from home, I conclude this first sliver of college convinced of the notion that I’m more fiction than fact. Now more than ever, I feel like a character, and not a good one.”
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Portrait of a Stranger
“and the paint’s thin enough / to show silver peaking / and wildflowers that cut / deep into her sides”
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Someday I’ll Come Back to Peter Taylor
“Remember how lovely / Your dreams once were, filled with sandcastles / made from stolen buckets on a beach / Long since nationalized.”
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Oeuvre Reviews: Josh Malina in “View From The Top”
A Nass writer takes another dive into the work of her favorite B-list actor.
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Hypochondriac
“my fingernails scratch at you under / my hide, like hives or a rash or some / other disease.”
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Vax Bracket – Full Design
This week, the Nass considers personal autonomy, opines on exclusivity, and ruminates on seasonal defecation.
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Letter from the Masthead: AAPI Solidarity Statement
Dear readers, In the midst of the increasing hate crimes against the AAPI community across the globe, we write to both condemn these actions and create space for conversations centering the movement to stop AAPI hate, which has resurged in response to COVID-related hate crimes and the tragic Atlanta shootings on March 16. The masthead…