After a brutal breakup, Deanna Clevesy was hesitant to mix her belongings with those of a new lover. Rather than leaving her possessions at her new boyfriend’s apartment, Ms. Clevesy preferred to pack an overnight bag so she would always have the freedom to simply walk out.
On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the actress Christina Hendricks (whom you might know as Joan Holloway from “Mad Men”) reads the essay “Security in a Bright Yellow Suitcase.” Ms. Clevesy, the author, lives and writes in New York City.
Ms. Hendricks appears as Beth Boland on the NBC series “Good Girls.” Stay tuned after the reading to hear more from her, Ms. Clevesy and the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones.
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