How to Look at an Argument: The Metaphor
“What is this thing that stands between us?”
Liana Finck's cartoons appear regularly in The New Yorker and the Awl. Her book is A Bintel Brief. She posts her drawings on Instagram @lianafinck.
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What I Miss: A List
“I miss your record player, and the sense of home you carried with you, although you’d never really been at home anywhere.”
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How to Look at an Argument: Goodbye
“I told you all these lies because I was afraid you would leave me.”
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