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Author: Nora Hylton

Perfumery Quiz

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 by Nora Hylton

The way you smell is the way you move through the world. It is more revealing about character than the clothes you wear or the things you say.

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Unauthorized Syllabi: The Word

Posted on March 3, 2024April 19, 2024 by Nora Hylton

I begin with love, hoping to end there.  Recently, for an (alleged) society interview, I was asked the question “What is important to you?” With a combination of a desire to be truthful and a compulsion to be interesting, I said that language was very important to me. I don’t think they loved this answer….

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love letter to an orange pile

Posted on March 10, 2023December 4, 2023 by Nora Hylton

by nora hylton ’25 managing editor  The summer I became a woman, I did it in the corner store. Became a woman, I mean. It was hot, and all the girls around me blossomed while I writhed.  It happened like this, I found myself getting caught up at the orange bin at the store. It…

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