On a bay of Lake Michigan, there’s a city where it snows in May, one week before the streets bloom pink with cherry blossoms. The masts of a hundred sailboats line its marinas; its every other building is a brewpub. This sounds like somewhere “all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, […]
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Remembering
The windows of my fourth grade classroom offer an unobstructed view of the Twin Towers. From 610 Henry Street, we look across the East River and watch our country smoldering. This—America’s greatest symbol in flames—is the first clear memory. There are earlier recollections, but this supersedes all that came before it, and casts a shadow […]