the couch: a final version - by Helena Fitzgerald
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an essay about that thing when people call their apartment "my house"
big thanks to griefbacon reader and friend Sean Mullins, who sent me this image in a time of great need last week. it is the thing I wish for all of you who are also very tired. this essay is the final installment of a thing I’ve been experimenting with in the last month or two, in which I tried writing an essay in pieces (one, two, and three are here at these links) and then pulling it together into a big final version at the end of the month. I figured this would be an easier way to approach this newsletter; it was not! It was harder! Now I know. I might continue to do some things where…
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