Ten Fictions about My Father
March 16, 2018[…] a room stacked full of gold bars.” My father worked for Kennecott that summer. It was the world’s largest open-pit mine. “Was it a big room?” I asked. “Not very,” he said. “Like the […]
[…] a room stacked full of gold bars.” My father worked for Kennecott that summer. It was the world’s largest open-pit mine. “Was it a big room?” I asked. “Not very,” he said. “Like the […]
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