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editor's note [f24] [11] - Post-Magazine

Dec 5, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

Dear readers,I have a confession to make. Unlike all of the other 12 editor’s notes that I’ve written under duress of time, hunkered down in the corner of our charming little production room, I am writing this final one—lucky number 13—ahead of schedule from the comfort of my beloved School of Engineering Café.
editor's note [f24] [06]

Oct 24, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

Dear Readers, Déjà vu floats among us today. At the top of my mind is the fact that this is the fourth, fifth, tenth time that I’ve sat down to write about my family this year. In an attempt to reconnect with the literary half of my brain that had been exercised solely on Wednesday evenings for the past couple years, I embarked on a journey into two writing workshops this semester—for those keeping track, that is two more writing workshops than I have ever taken in my life.
editor's note [s24] [09] - Post-Magazine

Apr 10, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

Dear Readers,If you are reading from the future (or from under a rock), this past Monday, we just celebrated the last total solar eclipse until 2044. For two hours, myself and what must have been every one of Brown’s undergraduates, graduates, faculty, their direct family, their extended family, and even a few pets gathered on the Main Green to look to the skies and bask in the magnificence of these far off celestial bodies crossing each other’s paths.
backpage [s24] - Post-Magazine

Apr 3, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

4/03/24Overheard@Brown“They should make a grill called manic pixie dream grill.”“I think dyslexia lets me see beyond the standard modes of communication.” Hot post- time machine“It is an indirect language that reduces and compresses large emotions into tangible pieces that can be contemplated and processed slowly, long after the event or people have moved through my life.
backpage [s24] - Post-Magazine

Mar 6, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

3/6/24Overheard@Brown“America’s PR team is doing a really good job with the eagles.”“I gave up hating for Lent.” Hot post- time machine“I knew his stories wouldn’t leave me for a while, and I wondered if there was any part of our lives that he’d hold onto and remember, too, once in a while, as a part of the exchanges that happen when lives collide briefly in an ever-shifting world.” — Damian Wasilewicz, “Hostel-Hoppers” 3.17.23“Forget being jaded, edgy, or cool.
backpage [s24] - Post-Magazine

Feb 7, 2024 | browndailyherald.com | Joe Maffa

2/8/24Overheard@Brown“We’re sitting there watching football. I sit criss-cross applesauce and my balls fall out.”“Now, kindergarteners are where the real money is at.” Top 10 NutsCashewsDonutsDeez. Dark Chocolate–covered AlmondsMe when I’m nuts for youRoasted pecans;)the Egyptian sky goddess & boltspost-... clarityHot post- time machine“I’m glad someone decided to save those notebooks and glad that, at least, this kind of purposelessness will remain.
look around [A&C] - Post-Magazine

Dec 6, 2023 | browndailyherald.com | Kathy González |Tabitha Lynn |Kimberly Liu |Joe Maffa

a promise unkeptby Kathy GonzalezThey promised us a hippopotamus. On an especially crisp March afternoon, we made the valiant trek from Perkins to the RISD Museum, my fingers numb but interlaced with yours. Having already been to this museum twice before, I was not expecting to be surprised by any exhibits. But it was your first visit, and I was excited nonetheless.