*”A Dialogue” sounds really official like we sat across from each other in our best finery while sipping from mugs of coffee inscribed with our logo but really it was a gchat conversation. It has been lightly edited for clarity. Ezekiel Kweku (Shrill) : Hi, Priya. Priya Alika Elias (Wordy): Hi! S: Against my better judgment, and because I wanted to understand nerds better, I revisited an ancient and seminal nerd text: the 1984 teen comedy…

My first week in America, I poured half a bottle of hot sauce into my food. "Wow," said my dining companion, a girl from Connecticut who rode on the equestrian team. "I can tell you're not from here." I laughed. "Because I like hot sauce?" "No, but you just put so much of it into your food - I like my food much more delicately seasoned than that. That's why I can't handle curry. It's…