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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On My Way to You
“Are you there yet? Hello, dear. I’m on / my way, lost myself at the intersection / between the bottomless sea and the swan / that wanders between the traffic lanes.”
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Hey, Sweet Annie
“He closed his eyes. Should he be praying right now? He wasn’t sure. He forgot to think about this part.”
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The Life and Times of Anthony Veasna So
A look at the late writer and his posthumous debut story collection.
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“If You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging!”: Dr. Phil Gone Wrong and The Monopoly of Pop Psychology
A Nass writer digs into the emptiness of personality tests as a substitute for mental healthcare.
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The Lakes: On Walden and Waldo, FL
A Nass writer ruminates on her yearly pilgrimage to a small Florida town.
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Prayer to the Stratosphere
“The chunks of Amie’s life were too insignificant to be measured in Christ or Common Era. Even her birthdays seemed an inaccurate measurement of the passage of time.”
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35 Ways to Say “I think I could love you but I can’t tell you yet”
“It’s like this: carving rivers into your palm lines./How many times I’ve tried to wipe tears with remnants of the sky.”
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Nass Recommends: A Guide to the Conscious Consumption of Content
Need a new book, show, or album? Look no further.
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Jeff Bezos Launches Us to 1892
A Nass writer meditates on staggering levels of income inequality amidst excesses of wealth.