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Emily Flake
Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, performer, and illustrator living in Brooklyn, NY. She is the author of, most recently, That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug. Her work appears regularly in New Yorker, the Nib, Weekly Humorist, and many other publications.
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