“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
Obsession can be all-consuming for better or for worse. In this semester’s issue of The Green Street Review, we invited writers to delve into their obsessions in all its forms. The result was a wide variety of pieces that span the different ways in which obsession manifests in our lives. We hope you are just as obsessed with this issue as we are…enjoy.
Reviews
- In Search of the Anti-War Film: Revisiting Elem Klimov’s Come and See — Shannon Flynn
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Mona Awad Playfully Pokes at the Obsessive Nature of Creativity — Skylar Boilard
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A Vocabulary of Wanting — Kyla Peters
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Pulling Back the Curtain on Scientology: Going Clear and the Difficulty of Defining Religion — Hannah Keselman
Essays
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Capitalism’s Humiliation Kink: Why Capitalists Love Anti-Capitalist Art — Nico Valenzuela
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I’ll Be a Nerd, Always and Forever — Kayla Flowers
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The Rejection — Esti Klein
Interviews
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Carley Thorne: On Digital Folklore — Anissa Islas
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Nia Sioux: Of Consumption — Anissa Islas
Fiction
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Bad Children Must Remain in the Dryer — Kat Henry
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Red Velvet Girl — Jade Ferrante
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Knots of Grass — Annissa Khanna
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The Fourth Best McDonald’s in the Country — Caroline Tanner
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Instrument of Surrender — Daniela Garcia
Poetry
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The Math — Max Cohen
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Headshell — Jade Ferrante
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[a rat king] — Lila Haden
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One Billion Poppies — Lara Tanner
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Before the Hunger — Ella Bradley
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You Must Be Addicted to Something — Lara Tanner
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Lies I Tell at Dinner Parties — Jade Ferrante
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My Words, Ye Mighty — Samuel Chen
Audio
- unrequited — Sage Solaris
Art
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Afterlife of a Book — Laura Reynolds
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Camouflaged — Jheel Kshirin
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Don’t Wake Up — Richard Medina
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Origin — Ava Filan
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XO — Isaac Woon
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Record in the Flames — Martina Zaruma Ortega
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Sleep Apnea — Richard Medina
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Adonis — Quaran Ahmad
Masthead
Managing Editor
Hannah Keselman
Hannah Keselman is a senior in CAS studying English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing. A self-proclaimed sweet treat connoisseur, she loves searching for the best pastry in NYC and baking elaborate desserts for her friends and family. When she’s not reading, writing, or indulging her sweet tooth, you can find her curled up in bed playing the NYT Spelling Bee or rewatching her favorite sitcoms.
Senior Editors
Ashley Kribs
Ashley Kribs is a senior in CAS, studying English Literature with a concentration in Creative Writing. When she’s not rewatching Season 2 of Gilmore Girls for the 28th time, she’s up late writing narrative poems about Argentine culture. You can spot Ashley out on the street with her cornflower blue Bose headphones on and jamming to The Marías’s “Submarine.”
Sydney Rousseau
Sydney Rousseau is a senior in Gallatin from Dublin, New Hampshire. She is concentrating in creative writing, English literature, and interior design. When not reading, writing, or obsessively redecorating her apartment, she can be found with her dog, Finnley, in Madison Square Park.
Social Media Manager
Aidan Dolinsky
Aidan Dolinsky is a senior studying English and American Literature at NYU CAS. When not at Bobst, you can find him on the field as a pitcher for the NYU Baseball team, exploring good eats all over NYC, watching the Mets suffer a heartbreaking loss, and reading short fiction or album reviews.
Website Manager
Tiana Gregg
Tiana Gregg is a senior majoring in English on the Creative Writing Track and minoring in Art History at NYU CAS. She loves good music, food, books, and the simple pleasures of life. When she’s not hiking her way through New York City, you can find her at your nearest cafe or park procrastinating doing her next assignment, while simultaneously stressing about how much work she has to do.
Newsletter Editor
Will Mathis
Will Mathis is a junior studying English Literature on the creative writing track at NYU CAS. His favorite hobbies include reading, writing, and boxing. When he’s not at Bobst Library, you can find him commuting across Manhattan.
Photography & Visual Art Editor
Alessa Alluin
Alessa Alluin is studying Journalism and Anthropology at NYU CAS. Outside of class, she is a Copy Editor for Washington Square News and Editorial Director of NYU Bite Club. She loves writing, talking to people, and food. You can find Alessa drinking pumpkin chai and answering one of her hundreds of emails.
Interviews Editor
Anissa Islas
Anissa Islas is a Senior at NYU CAS studying English Literature & Creative Writing. She enjoys making playlists & coming up with titles for albums she’ll never make. You can find her in an AMC signature recliner.
Essays Editor
Violet Lahde
Violet Lahde is a sophomore from California studying English Literature and Politics at CAS. She’s also apart of NYU’s extensive prelaw communities as the LPS Director on the Undergraduate Law Review, and an attorney on the Moot Court and Mock Trial Team. At all other hours, you can find her skipping around Tompkins Square Park listening to Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield or reading a Joan Didion novel.
Reviews Editor
Isabel Lesser
Isabel Lesser is a junior studying Dramatic Literature and Journalism at NYU CAS. She loves taking advantage of cheap lunch specials around Washington Square Park with her friends, especially at Soho Sushi! When she isn’t cafe hopping trying to find the perfect iced vanilla latte, she’s binging reality tv with her roommates!
Poetry Editor
Katie Liao
Katie Liao was born and raised in Hsinchu, Taiwan. She is a senior studying Computer Science, Mathematics, and Creative Writing at CAS. When she’s not crashing out over her buggy code, she can be found crying or falling asleep at the Angelika. If you want to start a fight, ask her how she feels about popping boba or Rupi Kaur.
Fiction Editor
Ali Mileto
Ali Mileto is a sophomore studying English Literature at NYU. When she is not in Washington Square (trying to read or journal but getting distracted by Dachshunds and swanky jazz bands), she is usually gossiping and complaining about her coffee being too sweet. Oh, and she loves mourning dead rockstars.
Audio Media Editor
Grace Velichka
Grace Velichka is a sophomore in Liberal Studies with an eventual transfer into Media, Culture, and Communication along with English: Creative Writing. Normally, you can find her exploring the coffee shop scene of NYC with a book (or three) in hand. When she’s not out exploring, she can be found binge watching her favorite tv shows and using her dorm kitchen to pretend she’s on MasterChef.
Copy Editor
Roggy McMackin
Roggy McMackin is a third-year studying Collaborative Arts and Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. If she’s not reading, drawing, writing, or watching cartoons, something is terribly wrong. Or she’s just out birdwatching – there’s not a pigeon in the city that can hide from her!