I talk to Julien Baker about death while washing dishes & my arms are deep in sanitizer

by Adrienne Novy

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after reading On Seatbelts and Sunsets by Hanif Abdurraqib & Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar

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Adrienne Novy is an artist from the suburbs of  Chicago (Potawatomi Land). A 2020 graduate from Hamline University’s Creative Writing program, Adrienne’s work has been nominated for Bettering American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net. She is the author of two full-length poetry collections: Crowd Surfing With God (Half Mystic Press, 2018) and Erev Gildene: The Pop-Rock Survival Guide for the Modern Jewish Millennial (Game Over Books, 2022). Adrienne can be found on social media at @adriennenovy. She works in a library and has a cat named Laurie.