The City Can’t Replace Her Best Friend

Julia by Ada Zhang When she was twenty-two she used to spend what little money she could have saved on hardcover books, lattes, and croissants. She read in cafés alone and anonymous, with no reason except to offer the world a glimpse of her. Ten years later, she was leaving and decided to revisit all […] The post The City Can’t Replace Her Best Friend appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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