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At the Lake County Fair

By |October 31, 2019|Essays|

The fair connects communities that often seem worlds apart socially and politically, but are intimately linked by economics and geography.

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Lost and Gain

By |September 25, 2019|Essays, Excerpt|

An excerpt from "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison."

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Returning to Pittsburgh

By |August 20, 2019|Essays|

"For all the intervening years, Pittsburgh had lived in my memory...viewable but not touchable, sequestered behind a one-way mirror of time."

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A Love Letter to Dayton

By |August 14, 2019|Essays|

"When I became editor-in-chief of the city’s alt weekly, Dayton City Paper, it became my job to know Dayton intimately."

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