On Falling in Love with (and Leaving) New York
“I was obsessed with New York. I thought I'd found my forever home.”
. Goodbye to All That
and yet.
Memoirs of a Beatnik,
Ohio,
Gilmore Girls
So move back, If you hate it here so much. It could have been worse,
Ohio voted Trump, . Not us, My city’s in mourning.
Don’t agonize, organize.
Mila Jaroniec is the author of Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover (Split Lip Press, 2016). Her work has appeared in Playboy, Hobart, PANK, Joyland, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Teen Vogue, among others. She earned her MFA from The New School.
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