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Steel Grit

By |March 12, 2015|Cities, Current Issue, Essays, Youngstown|

The year was 1976. I was a college student going down to US Steel to apply for a summer job. I had never been there before, but it was one of those places that lined the Mahoning River, over which I had driven a million times.

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There’s Always Next Year

By |March 9, 2015|Cities, Cleveland, Current Issue, Essays|

My father was born in 1949. If you’re a lifelong Indians fan, his birth year is significant. Chances are, you’re shaking your head in sympathy or smiling ruefully right about now. My long-suffering father has never seen his beloved team win the World Series.

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On The Rouge

By |March 5, 2015|Cities, Current Issue, Detroit, Essays|

Of all the fathers and sons I know, I’m fairly certain my dad and I are the only ones who would spend part of a hot spring Wednesday afternoon peering into a sewer grate. However, this is not just any sewer grate.

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Harvard and Cleveland

By |February 19, 2015|Current Issue, Essays|

After college, I returned to Cleveland and hung out at Case Western Reserve University as much as possible. I wanted to stay in the college bubble. I wasn’t ready for the world. I helped my dad in the real estate business, and that was too real.

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