Marxist: “One of my great contradictions is that I have populist airs but read the New York Book Review.”
Overheard on a Thursday
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Short Guide for Running
Twenty satirical directives for running in the city.
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from a costco gas station in california
“but roots are live wires, and you never saw / that I’m more brick than concrete…”
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White Supremacy and the “Cancel Culture” Backlash
An opinion piece exploring the ideological basis of vocal pushback against “wokeism” on campus.
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iPhone Reflections
“Looking back at it now, it feels like that iPhone 6s was like an omnipresent eye throughout my adolescence, there to capture and see it all, completely unfiltered.”
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Nass Recommends: Derek Thompson’s Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction.
A Nass writer dives into the stories and science behind pop culture icons.
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The Apotheosis of Washington
his brush-stroked / countenance / and plaster-backed / powder blue / dress coat / dragged down / into the crypt
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Will Toledo, Roberto Bolaño, and Some Notes on Growing Up
A senior looks back on his time at Princeton, as it comes to an end.
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ElonParties: Full Design
In the final issue of the semester, the Nass telescopes “echo,” critiques optimism, and considers what it means to leave this place.
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Telescoping Echo
To telescope, we begin with 300 words, then slice the word count in half for each successive section. We stop when the numbers stop dividing evenly. This week, eight Nass writers telescope the word “echo” (echo, echo). Lucia Brown At some point, the wrought iron fence that trapped the house disappeared, leaving behind a crumbling…
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