The Nest
Year after year, the mourning doves show up to try again. I’m willing to try too.
Leise Hook is a cartoonist and illustrator based in New York. Her work has appeared in The Believer, The New Yorker, and more. She is currently working on a graphic memoir-in-essays for Holt.
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