Nighthawks: Union Square shows its true colors

Illustration by Jacey Chen

Welcome to Nighthawks — a biweekly series where writer Sam Brule travels to noteworthy nightlife epicenters across New York City to observe and report about the night, atmosphere, and people of the weekend. Tonight, we’re perched in Manhattan’s Union Square to see all characters using Halloween weekend as a chance to be someone new for a night.

You Might Want to Check That: Do you need that comma?

Illustration by Emma Baxter

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But are all those words spelled right, grammatically correct, and actually making sense? You might want to check that. Today, in the NSFP Copy Team’s exclusive series, we’ll be looking at commas.

GetLit: Fiction / ‘Periwinkle’

Illustration by Sadie Wood

GetLit is a semimonthly series featuring works of fiction and creative nonfiction submitted by New School students. Each month has two opportunities to submit: an open call and a themed call. To submit your work or find more information, please visit GetLit’s submissions form. October’s theme was “Season’s Greetings.” This month’s themed call selection is “Periwinkle” by Mel Pecegueiro.