potpourri – The Rutgers Review

Midnight Blues

November 3, 2017

My eyes are closed, but my mind is not. The standard red of the clock burns my eyes as I read off the time. It’s just after 3AM and I should be asleep. ‘Should ... Read More

Where’d My Innocence Go?

October 11, 2017

Lately I have been finding myself feeling especially empty whenever my gaze meets that of a young child. For instance, as I people-watched in my local Starbucks... Read More

13 Things to Do Before the Chinese Space Station Destroys Earth

February 3, 2017

The Mayan Calendar. Heaven’s Gate. The Zombie Apocalypse. Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since the beginning of time, humans have had a fascination with predicting when a... Read More

Halogen Dreams

January 29, 2017

You are sixteen and you think you are in love. It’s the only explanation for why, at 3AM on a Tuesday night halfway through your sophomore year, you h... Read More

Confession II

January 19, 2017

Confessions is a series of fiction and photography by Samuel Shopp and Nick Henderson. Nick Henderson is a photographer with the Mason Gross School of the Arts ... Read More

Confession I

January 1, 2017

Confessions is a series of fiction and photography by Samuel Shopp and Nick Henderson. Nick Henderson is a photographer with the Mason Gross School of the Arts ... Read More

The Rubber Band on my Grandpa’s Wrist

January 27, 2016

The cracks on the porch seemed much more prominent than usual. They split from one dominant crack into multiple smaller channels like the tributaries of a major... Read More

Be Punk, Steal Shit*

November 30, 2015

It’s a Friday night and the mood is right, the streets are full of determined, motivated and charismatic men and women. Although driven, some of these top-of-th... Read More