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Apology Tour
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Apology Tour

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Emily Starr Kwilinski
Jun 27, 2023
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The thing about finishing your dissertation is that then you have to go on an apology tour. For the last three weeks or so I’ve been texting friends I never texted back, following up on job offers I ignored, cleaning my desperate house, watering the plants. Taking walks. Breathing. I also turned 27.

For my final draft, I bought myself the pack of G2 pen…

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