Two Freelance Artists and a Baby
“A baby has two superpowers: the ability to suck productive time out of a day and the ability to bleed a wallet dry.”
Catherine LaSota is the founder of the LIC Reading Series in Long Island City, Queens. Her essays and interviews appear in Vice, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, and The Brooklyn Rail, among other places. Follow her on Twitter @catherinelasota
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