Navigator of befuddled aspirations: “Yeah.. I was at a pregame last week and like, we just sat around and talked — there was no, like, activity…so I guess it was just like, a networking pregame?”
Overheard in NCW
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I’m Rewriting My Story
“I often have to remind myself that I too am allowed, and can succeed with, charismatic, unapologetic style.”
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The CD Case of Alexandria
Wherein a Nass writer reflects on lost DVDs as artifacts of a past life.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination
Wherein a Nass writer looks at the popular sitcom from a more radical angle.
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Metamorphosis – Full Design
This week, the Nass examines liberal orthodoxy, considers adolescence, and calls home.
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Technology: A Bridge Across Continents and Oceans
“I didn’t have too much faith in technology to bridge such an enormous distance gap. There was no way that crackling audio or pixelated video could rival the warmth of human presence.”
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Effect of Fog
“I can’t wake up from the things I wanted– / I can’t ever bring myself to come clean.”
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Hallway
“Still, I see strength, even under the camera’s gaze. Maybe I want to imagine that their strength will find its way to me.”
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Voyage
“Yesterday evening, / life coalesced in rain: dripping streetlights, storefronts reflected / onto glossy black pavement. Liquid incandescence.”
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Being Fed Up Is A Privilege
“…he could never have seen the Haitian man as a human being with a history, dreams and aspirations. He had been trained to see him simply as the object of his violence.”
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