nostalgia

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Only three families have owned the unpretentious diner with its black bar stools, scuffed tile floors and enough nostalgia to fill Shasta Lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The revenge of the analog—through the popularity of Moleskine notebooks and letterpress cards, through the revival of film cameras among Gen Z—comes down to something more interesting than simple nostalgia.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

To this day, nostalgia is about as welcome in Apple Park as an Android phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In a cake defined by nostalgia, that presence matters.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez