Byline: Peter Taylor

The Life and Times of Anthony Veasna So

A look at the late writer and his posthumous debut story collection.

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What I Remember of Philadelphia: An Incomplete, Random List

“On those evenings, I fancied myself a tortured artist, sipping a Coors Light and stewing in the majesty of my ideas. I even wrote some of them down.”

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In Princeton with You

“Your clothes are spilling from their drawers / It seems I’d rather stay indoors / When I’m in Princeton with you.”

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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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Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination

Wherein a Nass writer looks at the popular sitcom from a more radical angle.

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Letter from the Editor on Fossil Fuel Divestment

“In the interest of ensuring a livable future for all generations after us, we at the Nass call on the University by way of its resource committee, its Board of Trustees, and our University President to conduct an immediate and complete divestment from all fossil fuels.”

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How to Talk to Your Friend about Jordan Peterson (and Social Justice)

The challenges of friendship with a fan of Jordan Peterson.

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In the Glow of this Candle

“It does not matter that Claire in real life, though a remarkably talented singer, is not a songwriter. This Claire is not that Claire, even though they are inextricably linked by more than their names and the name of their current partners.”

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Political Figures

A meditation on political personalities and the importance of policy.

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Letter from the Editor

The Editor-in-Chief ushers in the Nass’s forty-third volume.

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Pete Recommends: A Critical Reappraisal of Stairway to Heaven

“But both in spite and because of this ubiquity, “Stairway to Heaven” gets a little slept on, relegated to the status of “rock classic” and thought of as a song more to be heard than to be enjoyed.”

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