Category: Reflections

Persistence Hunting

A chronicle of one student’s misplaced bicycle.

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White Doll, Asian Woman

“But was my femininity forced on me, the only feasible result of a life grown around dolls and children’s books?”

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The Spirit of Curling: Vignettes

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

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Thinking About Conversations

Wherein the author reflects on what constitutes a meaningful exchange.

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Like Shooting Stars

Wherein a Nass writer reflects on his myriad relationships with music.

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Ars Poetica with Everything Ending, so Everything Beginning

“Let’s try this again. I am one of many people in love. I am a human of being human. Skin like everyone else and lots of heart. Too much music might kill me. Too little too.”

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“Fronteriza”

“Some families even hold their hands up to the chicken wire to touch each other’s fingertips.”

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Pilgrimage to Mitsuwa

“Nostalgia is a luxury that I’m willing to pay any price for, and these grocery stores sell it all.”

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I’m Rewriting My Story

“I often have to remind myself that I too am allowed, and can succeed with, charismatic, unapologetic style.”

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The CD Case of Alexandria

Wherein a Nass writer reflects on lost DVDs as artifacts of a past life.

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Owing

Wherein a Nass writer reflects on a complex relationship to the sport of volleyball.

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Technology: A Bridge Across Continents and Oceans

“I didn’t have too much faith in technology to bridge such an enormous distance gap. There was no way that crackling audio or pixelated video could rival the warmth of human presence.”

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