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Monday
May282012

What It's Like Living Here

I have an essay up on Numéro Cinq Magazine, which is run by author Douglas Glover.

Take a little peek into my local world (and mind).

You try to tell people what it’s like living here, but you’re not sure you know. You’ve lived here nearly your whole life, and you’re numb to this place. You have to push yourself to see it.

You tell people that this small town, situated thirty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh, is the last bastion of suburbia before the routes go rural. You live in a thirty-year-old subdivision of single family homes and townhouses. One way in, same way out. (Keep reading...)

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