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  • Under the Radar

    SHARON VAN ETTEN

    Dec 15, 2018 6 minutes
    Words by Mike Hilleary
    Photos by
    Ray Lego

    Just seconds after answering her phone Sharon Van Etten is already apologizing to me. It’s a Sunday, and the New York singer/ songwriter has just excused herself from an impromptu brunch, having bumped into some friends earlier that morning. Reassuring me she was expecting my call and that she’s already said her goodbyes, it takes only a few minutes before she’s in the far less distracting space of her Brooklyn apartment, located a literal block away from the restaurant. Van Etten has moved around a bit in the 15 years she’s lived in New York City, but her current place she’s managed to hold onto for some time. And while she’ll say that one of the things that she loves most about her home is its deck—offering the all too rare urban experience of outdoor privacy—the most predominant feature of Van Etten’s residence are the scattered, ever-present artifacts of her 19-month son. “In the final days of my pregnancy

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