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Kelsey Dake

Kelsey Dake is an artist whose work has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York magazine, and Esquire, among other publications.

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Illustration by Kelsey Dake

The Curse of Cool

March 2, 2020 | Essays

In the fall of 2005, at the shuttle terminal of New York’s LaGuardia airport, I entered the security line and noticed, in front of me, a slight and slightly stooped older woman. After a couple of blinks, I recognized Joan Didion.