Desk Tour: Abbey Crain

A peek inside this journalist/artist/night owl's cozy studio.

Welcome to Desk Tour, a series where I interview creative folks about their desks and workspaces. In case you missed it: Ayana Lage’s Desk Tour from last time. Scroll to the bottom of this post for the full catalog of Desk Tours.

Though I have wracked my brain, I can’t remember exactly how I met Abbey Crain. I do know that I have followed her online for maybe a decade at this point, and we once met at AOC East in Yorkville and had drinks and (if I had to guess) truffle fries. I also know that when I think of people I have “met” online and almost instantly admired, Abbey comes to mind immediately. Over the years, I have watched her develop her writing and art career, vulnerably share about her fertility journey, and advocate for reproductive rights in her home state of Alabama and beyond. When I saw earlier this year that she met Vice President Harris to share her IVF story in the wake of Alabama’s ruling on frozen embryos, the truth is that I wasn’t surprised at all. Abbey has always s…