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White sheer fabric floating over water at night. Photo by Reuben Wu.

The Girl Was Already On Fire

By Erin Kate Ryan,  Illustration by Dani Choi

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Issue: Summer 2021 / Volume 97/2
Published: June 29, 2021
Erin Kate Ryan

Erin Kate Ryan’s novel Quantum Girl Theory is forthcoming (Random House, 2022). 

Dani Choi

Dani Choi is an illustrator currently based in Brooklyn, New York. 

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