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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Gingko Leaves
“All / Cicero said we need is a library and a garden, so I’ll keep / little brown pots on the windowsills.”
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“Sweaty, Loud, and Not a Little Tipsy”
Four underclass students reflect on beginning and continuing college.
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Night-Blooming Flowers
“The sharp tenderness of Night’s long sigh / leaves the drunken hawk moths / dizzied from delight.”
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On Imperfect Apples, Mosquito Bites, and the Consciousness of Worms
“I like to believe our small acts make a difference, or maybe I just want to be a savior.”
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Coughy Club – Full Design
This week, the Nass learns about acupuncture, melts into absurdity, and takes a break to eat apples.
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In Defense of Sports
Wherein the writer defends one of our greatest national obsessions.
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My Korean Medicine
“Just sit back and surround yourself with the stories I have to share about acupuncture, cupping, and pricking.”
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20 Fun Get-to-Know-You Questions for the Start of the School Year
Everything you need to break the ice.
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Cottage-Core – Full Design
This week, the Nass drives home, knocks on doors, and mourns the loss of a promising young writer.
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Christ, Sympathea
“Every door was a chilling / tile of a mosaic / made of the sins / we have yet to commit.”
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Tiger Tarot
A reading of The Chariot, “the seventh card in the Major Arcana and one which demands effort and promises progress”.
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