Overread in NY
Possibly my favorite one yet. On my way back from the East Village last night, I got on the L Train and sat next to some cute hipster kid who just happened to be Asian and editing a long story on his journey back to Williamsburg (no, it was not Tao Lin). The title of the story was written in all caps at the top of each page, next to his last name, which was YEH:
I LOVE AND UNDERSTAND YOU AND WOULD BE PERFECT TO YOU NOW
There was a part about going into a used bookstore and a coffee shop and realizing he actually hated New York City (I think?). And I caught one phrase he edited:
ugly sights and ugly sounds
He cut out the second “ugly.”
(This feels too much like a Missed Connection.)
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