master craftsman [crossword]

the beauty of familiarity [lifestyle]

I remember the first time I walked around Brown’s campus with my family. Only a freshman in high school, I was in awe of the hustle and bustle surrounding me. We were following the typical Northeast road trip route for my older sister, who had recently started her college application process, and ...

let’s talk about the husband [A&C]

Meredith Marks, so drunk her eyes are crossed, glows faintly through the midday Sunday light on my TV screen.  

in a few words [POST-POURRI]

Love Song

"holding space” for TikTok's "Wicked" memes [A&C]

Like most off-duty musical theater kids, seeing the Wicked movie over the holiday break was an emotional experience, second only to receiving my Brown acceptance letter. Since then, I've been religiously listening to the soundtrack, horribly imitating the "What Is This Feeling?” choreography across ...

a love letter to apples [narrative]

With the pastel blue peeler—its slightly rusted metal speckled with black, remnants of the countless fruits and vegetables eaten, cooked, and shared by my mom and grandma—I shaved the ombrés of scarlet red and golden yellow off seemingly innumerable apples. The precise, crisp peels revealed a smooth, ...

editor's note [f24] [10]

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exploring pleasure and leisure in Ukiyo-e and Impressionism [A&C]

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Japanese art, Impressionism, and other European art styles were heavily linked. Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, created to depict “The Floating World of Edo” (modern-day Tokyo), were mass-produced for the enjoyment of commoners from the 17th century to the early 20th ...

i wanted to see how long i could go [narrative]

I was on a bike ride down the hill. It was finally getting colder. It felt like I had pennies in the back of my throat. I shivered in my unzipped coat and slowed as it parachuted larger. But the incline pitched steeper, and I kept pedaling. I wanted to see how fast I could go.

the rise of the theater kid pop star [A&C]

There’s a new crop of pop stars popping up among Gen Z, and don’t be surprised if they do a kick-ball-change at next year's Grammys. 

gridlock [feature]

It’s possible to find comfort in something intended to be perplexing. Filling out the symmetrical 15x15 crossword puzzle grid is a joy often experienced in the tranquility of a hammock or a cozy corner on the sofa, accompanied by a warm mug of tea. The clues, riddled with cryptic questions and demanding ...

love unspoken [lifestyle]

When I was a kid, I used to marvel at families who said “I love you” as easily as they breathed. Wrapping it in a goodbye, casually saying it in passing—it shocked me that anyone could say such an emotionally charged sentence without a second thought.

reboot, reset, recharge [lifestyle]

What’s the longest word in the English language? Until a few moments ago when I looked up the answer (don’t do it yet), I would have said: “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” Because of the surge in its popularity in elementary school and my limited vocabulary at the time, I followed the sheep ...

titans of thayer [crossword]