Byline: Lara Katz

The Spirit of Curling: Vignettes

Reflections on an author-athlete’s relationship to her sport.

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Death of a Novel

A Nass writer reflects on the grief of losing her first novel.

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A Good Morning

“She left her feet behind in bed, tucking them in/like children.”

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Proud, Lifeless, And Very Much Clean

“He is desperate for his dinner, too hungry to say hello, … he laments his work, his employer, his cold-footed commute, … he grinds his teeth at our rationed mutton and yet—the frugal bastard—gives me nothing, nothing, not a penny to spare.”

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Only Curling, After All

“There are three types of curlers: the competitive, the prepubescent, and the beer-drinking. I have played with all three types in roughly equal measures.”

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On Deciding Not To Live In A Literal Castle

A first-year student wrestles with the decision to stay at home in a semester with so many students on campus.

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Will Be Gone

In this fiction piece, a daughter navigates her family’s grief and theater production after the death of her brother.

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Princeton Curling’s Spectacular Loss to UW-Superior, Keyword Superior

“At first, there is devastation; then, denial; then, anguish; then, acceptance and understanding of the bright side of life: after all, this was the gold medal game—and a silver medal at the most well-attended college curling event in the country is nothing to sneeze at.”

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In Heat

“my body / remembering / it exists, unmoored, / metamorphosing, moistening / peeling lips.”

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Telescoping Rhythm

In the succeeding entries, we telescope “rhythm.” Sonically evocative and personally connotative, we examine the word in its multiplicity of meanings.

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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 … Read More

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In Kognito

On the failures of the mental-health training program for Princeton first years.

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