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Lina Abascal

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Human Parts

On Being the Daughter of a Failed Artist

My inheritance wasn’t connections or wisdom, it was a lesson in acceptance

Jun 14, 2019

On Being the Daughter of a Failed Artist

Jun 14, 2019

Lina Abascal

To All the Things I leave in my Blind Spot

A blind spot is exactly what it sounds like. That was how I answered my dad when he asked if I knew what it meant. It’s something…

Feb 21, 2019

To All the Things I leave in my Blind Spot

Feb 21, 2019

Lina Abascal

bodega flowers

you are pretty and nice

Oct 18, 2017

bodega flowers

Oct 18, 2017

Lina Abascal

Twenty Six & The Endless Summer

The 1966 surf documentary The Endless Summer follows two professional surfers on an around-the-world trip as they leave their home of…

Oct 5, 2017

Twenty Six & The Endless Summer

Oct 5, 2017

Lina Abascal

You’ll Never Be That Far Away

I know you’re in New York because I felt it.

Oct 1, 2017

You’ll Never Be That Far Away

Oct 1, 2017

Lina Abascal

I took a Plan-B in Mexico City

extreme Mike Posner voice

Sep 15, 2017

I took a Plan-B in Mexico City

Sep 15, 2017

Lina Abascal

A little less than three thousand miles

You never hated LA, you just never got a driver’s license.

Jul 29, 2017

A little less than three thousand miles

Jul 29, 2017

Lina Abascal
in
P.S. I Love You

Strip Mall Romance

I told myself I’d write about the time we parked your station wagon at the top of the Hollywood Hills by the bird streets and sat and…

Jul 7, 2017

Strip Mall Romance

Jul 7, 2017

Lina Abascal
in
P.S. I Love You

Sundays

I wonder if we would work now that you drink and I write.

Jun 26, 2017

Sundays

Jun 26, 2017

Lina Abascal
in
Be Yourself

The Weather in Iowa City

Is someone still considered delusional if they admit they’re being delusional? Or is it just sad. Was it just me or did it feel like we…

May 20, 2017

The Weather in Iowa City

May 20, 2017

Lina Abascal

Lina Abascal

Writer based in Los Angeles. My work has appeared in McSweeneys, VICE, Playboy, FADER, MEL Magazine, and more. www.linaabascal.com.

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