Welcome to the Spring 2024 issue of NYU’s Greene Street Review, the CAS English Department’s cultural critique magazine. We’re excited to share some of New York City’s finest creatives, writers, critics, and more in this semester’s publication. This semester, we are publishing a collection of essays, interviews, reviews, and poems covering topics from Chat GPT to media representation. Let us know your favorites with an email or hit us up on Instagram (@greenestreview)!

“The Duty of [literary reviews] Is To Comfort the Afflicted and To Afflict the Comfortable”

Reviews

• A Closer Look at Gagosian’s ‘A Foreigner Called Picasso’ – Ruth Wecker
• Punk Politics: A Review of Nowhere Generation by a Member of the Nowhere Generation – Nathan Burke

Poetry

• 14th Street – Franklin Dong
• G. A. H. T. /// INTERSECTIONALITY – Elizander Espenschied
• day of judgement – Pritheva Zakaria
• girl i’ve always been – Pritheva Zakaria
• I’M NOT WHO YOU TOLD ME I WAS – Colin Cahill 
• NATALIE DIAZ – Sidney Stubbs
• The Blood of Christ – Serena Phillip
• The Pearl in the Hill’s Lap – Priyanka Kuckian
• the time of the rocket – Akhil Srivastava

Essays

• A Family Inheritance: New York City and Cosmopolitanism – Catherine Kenny
• A Hundred Years of Movies: Where Did Faith-based Films Go? – Rosanna Herrera 
• Bro… Please Don’t Worry About Me – Emily Sorkin
• Hollywood’s Illusion of Inclusivity: The Minority Sidekick Cliché – Zora Kings
• Scraping at Oxford – Lex Garcia
• Stretchmarks – Sam Donndelinger
• The Concrete Jungle’s Playground: Our Journey with Soccer in New York City – Omar Ali and Mohamed Eleish

Interviews

• Nathan Burke On: the Greene Street Review – Sofia Stefan
• “Of course, she was shocked”: Alexander Zhadan on How he Found his Bride Thanks to ChatGPT – Alexander Perchatkin

Audio-Visual Work 

• 291 Wood Street – Hannah Kim
• Lookbook: School Bags – Jules Hasler

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Alex Perchatkin, Senior Editor

Alex is a junior at NYU Shanghai, majoring in Humanities with a minor in Russian and Slavic Studies. His interests span contemporary journalism, the Soviet internationalism writers movement, and Anthropocene Slavic literature. When he isn’t studying, he enjoys playing chess and exploring cities.

 

Anna Whitescarver, How-To’s Editor

Anna is a California girl in her last year at NYU, studying MCC with a minor in Ancient Studies. She enjoys snacks, ancient Egypt, reading, cool outfits, and being perfect. She also enjoys editing, reading, and writing. You can find her taking selfies in the sun or calling her mom while wandering around Trader Joes. Feel free to reach out on Venmo or anywhere to discuss these hobbies!

 

Aribah Zaman, Senior Editor

Aribah is a junior at NYU Gallatin, exploring creativity in the sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology, creative writing, narratives, and computer science. She is fascinated with storytelling in all forms, enjoys crafting, and is travel-obsessed. 

 

Catherine Kenny, Poetry Editor

Poetry editor Catherine is a Senior in CAS studying English with a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her work has been published in Washington Square News and The Greene Street Review, and she is in the final editing stages of her Creative Writing Capstone. A Cosmopolitan to her core, Catherine spends her time doting on loved ones, writing poetry, and exploring New York City. 

 

Dalya Turunc, Senior Editor

Dalya is a senior at Gallatin whose concentration focuses on philosophy, literature and musicology. She enjoys reading essay collections in her spare time and especially loves rereading Joan Didion obsessively. She enjoys discovering new jazz clubs and finding new places to eat in the east village. 

 

Emily Sorkin, Senior Editor

Emily Sorkin is a junior studying English Literature and Media Studies at NYU Gallatin. When she’s not developing reading-related migraines, she’s experiencing chronic back pain from lying down too much. You can find Emily reading the Modern Love column and crying about “how much love is in the air” while people-watching. 

 

Jennifer Reyes Morales, Senior Editor

Jennifer is a junior double-majoring in English and Religious Studies. Outside of the many sleepless nights that come with analyzing texts and pondering the existence of a higher power, she loves to go out on long aimless walks, discuss the tiniest of details she can find in her favorite movies and shows, and learn about the importance of sharks in marine ecosystems. She’s also passionate about video games. You’ll mostly see her living out her wildest fantasies on The Sims 4. That’s exactly what her NASA supercomputer is for!

 

Jules Hasler, Managing Editor

Jules is a junior at Gallatin studying English, Marketing, and Media Studies on a pre-law track with a minor in Spanish. She enjoys reading (obviously), writing, and lingering in the sunshine. She comes from a farm in Indiana that specializes in growing apples and Christmas trees. Following the classic midwest small town girl character arc, Jules moved to NYC at the start of college and never plans on leaving.  

 

Melanie Zhang, Publicity Chief 

Melanie is a sophomore at CAS majoring in History and English who enjoys excessive night-time reading, competitive debate, and wandering through grocery stores in search of baking ingredients. 

 

Mohamed Eleish, Senior Editor

Mohamed is a psychology major at CAS on the premed track. In his free time, he enjoys reading science fiction, learning about public health, and playing soccer.

 

Nathan Burke, Senior Editor

Nathan Burke is a senior studying journalism and politics at NYU, focusing on podcast, radio, and print journalism. Nathan spends his free time learning hyperspecific facts on Wikipedia (Did you know that Pennsylvania produces 80% of the nation’s pretzels?) and stressing about the state of the journalism job market. He has been with the Greene Street Review for two and a half years and is excited to hand the publication off to his lovely team of editors.

 

Omar Ali, Senior Editor

Omar is a senior at CAS, majoring in psychology as a premed student. He enjoys watching and playing soccer, fishing, reading, and binge-watching movies. 

 

Phoenix Frank, Senior Editor

Phoenix is a junior at CAS studying English Literature and Creative Writing. When not pretending to write her novel, she can be found editing other people’s writing and speed walking through the streets of NYC with a seasonal playlist on hand.

 

Priscilla Hunnewell, Copy Chief

Priscilla is a senior in the English Department, with minors in Creative Writing and German. She is the recipient of the Tory Dent Prize and currently, haltingly at work on a novel.

 

Sofia Stefan, Podcast Editor

Sofia Stefan is a senior majoring in Dramatic Literature. She’s constantly working on screenplays and hopes to have a career in screenwriting and movie production. Sofia has a vast interest in most art mediums including photography, ceramics and design. When she’s not creating can often be found cuddling with her cats, and learning the guitar.