This story was published in The Hopper (January 2017). It is a timely piece about the death and rebirth of the Cuyahoga River in the industrial heart of Cleveland.  Click on the link to read. Enjoy!

  The Sins of the Fathers (Creative Nonfiction Memoir) 

Cuyahoga River Fire Nov. 3, 1952. Courtesy of Cleveland Press Collection at Cleveland State University Library.

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