Category: Reflections

“If You’re in a Hole, Stop Digging!”: Dr. Phil Gone Wrong and The Monopoly of Pop Psychology

A Nass writer digs into the emptiness of personality tests as a substitute for mental healthcare.

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The Lakes: On Walden and Waldo, FL

A Nass writer ruminates on her yearly pilgrimage to a small Florida town.

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Jeff Bezos Launches Us to 1892

A Nass writer meditates on staggering levels of income inequality amidst excesses of wealth.

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Prayers for My Homecoming

“Sometimes my body just wants me and I give her me. Then we are good to each other: the wave rushing toward the shore, crashing violently, then retreating back into herself.”

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Losing a City

“Regardless, an aquiline parasite lived inside me, compelling me violently with its bald-eagle talons to wage psychological Revolutionary Warfare against my own best friend.”

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How to Visit Home from a Movie Theater

A Nass writer reflects on her family’s connection to a recent film.

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What’s in a Name?

“My name exists in a space that holds a history so long I can barely fathom it, all glossed over with a nice coat of Americanization.”

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In the Third Generation…

“I slipped my sleeves up my arms and stared out the window: no view except for myself, and no warmth except for the burn of the water.”

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SoCal to New Jersey: The Weather

A California native reflects on the cold and bleak of New Jersey winters.

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Jew-ish: A Brief Reflection on Identity

A Nass writer reflects on his complicated relationship to his Jewish identity.

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A Mysterious De-Personing

“More than a few miles from home, I conclude this first sliver of college convinced of the notion that I’m more fiction than fact. Now more than ever, I feel like a character, and not a good one.”

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Making Compromises

“I guess this piece is a thank you. Thank you to all the people I’ve met here that have seen the beauty in me before I will, for making me feel like Cinderella.”

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