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Spilling Ink at the Hotel Chelsea

Spilling Ink at the Hotel Chelsea

Substack invited me to live-sketch a rare night with iconic writers, Mary Gaitskill and Tavi Gevinson.

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June 27, 2024
Hotel Chelsea,
New York, NY

The room was completely silent. I hadn’t seen anything like it since my Best Man speech bombed at a friend’s wedding in 2006. (we haven’t spoken since.)

The only sound that could be heard was the dull scratch of my temperamental bastard of a nib against my sketchpad as some of New York’s best authors, songwriters, …

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