Katie Alafdal is a writer and visual artist based in the glitter and haze of Los Angeles. Their work has previously been published in "The Maine Review", "Autostraddle", "The Belladonna", and "Hooligan Magazine". They spend most of their days staring aimlessly into churning bodies of water, rereading Sophocles, and talking to flowers. You can find them on Insta @leromanovs.

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An Open Letter to My Five Unread Copies of Moby Dick

By KATIE ALAFDAL

“You will not learn even one fact about whales from any of those selections.  Not one fact.”