“I was a swimmer in the night. The moon on my face, I dove off rocks and cliffs. I swim in my dreams and they sound like the breaths of fish past my face.”
“She wanted to relive the memories, the ephemeral emotions of happiness she felt when she was younger – unmolded. She did not account for the fact that she was a different person hoping to feel the sentiments of years ago.”
Mente mia, che presaga de’ tuoi damni, Al tempo lieto già pensosa e trista, Sí ‘ntentamente ne l’amata vista Requie cercavi de’ futuri afanni 1. Let us go now, til it be that all you and I can see is made the slightest bit unstable; along these fine rain-slickened streets run along these sticky,…
In cheerful defense of shortcuts.
“When I learned about the darker history of Zionism, I needed to reverse so much of what I thought to be true while undoing my deepest personal and communal language. Like leaving a cult, my whole world was turned upside down as I tried to gather the pieces of what was once a coherent story.”
Our skies sink further into dust and while we wait for cloud-made seams, the earth tears limb from limb, and trusts that we will mend her — so it seems. As fires rage through forests deep, we find ourselves in stubborn dreams in obstinate, unyielding sleep, awaiting savior to come, to beam like…
A writer searches for meaning in John Bischoff and James Fei’s recent sound performance.
“While an expert knows what is coming next, a beginner tangoes, babbles and belays into the unknown, giddy and relishing in the awkwardness and delight of the unfamiliar. The experience of trying something new and risking failure is both titillating and terrifying. It’s a lot like getting lost.”
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Chloë Sevigny Liza Minelli Parker Posey Email Charles Grodin My actual mom’s instagram Red shoes Pirating movies Saugerties, NY Arby’s Laura Palmer Tim Heidecker This one shirt I have Ampersands The number 28 Apple music (you heard me) Philip Roth CeraVe facial cleanser A ref at a lacrosse game I played in who looked exactly…
Dear all, Since we came to Princeton in the fall of 2020, this little paper has remained a constant source of inspiration, camaraderie, and much mirth. We’re honored to usher in the 46th volume of the Nassau Weekly. As the Nass celebrates its first year of full financial and editorial independence, we welcome…
This week, the Nass investigates the future of art, probes at prosopagnosia, and contemplates a cure for heartsickness.
Recently handsome man: Everyone keeps telling me that my haircut looks nice, but I didn’t get a haircut…
Real friend: …
Recently handsome man: It’s just growing out.
Real friend: Oh, so they just haven’t seen you in a while.
Recently handsome man: Yeah, and I guess they didn’t like my haircut before.