With Love from Washington

With Love from Washington

[ARCHIVES] A mouse, gone to the fishes in search of cheese

(on reading David Foster Wallace, and water.)

Alicia Kenworthy
Jun 03, 2022
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Sometimes I think I’ve forgotten how to drink water. A phlebotomist called me out on this recently (“you don’t like to hydrate, do you?”) after flicking his fingers at my forearm in search of a viabl…

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