Red-faced, red-haired, green-eyed and skinny, my father poured all of himself into the making of me. It’s easy to inspire affection in your dad when you look just like him. Dads are easy like that. As a little girl, I could coax stories out of him in a way none of my other five siblings [...]

Nevada is dark and cold. We prowl the outskirts of the freight yard and scan the fence for holes. We dart furtively in and out of shrubs. Then the quiet gives way to chaos. Horns bellow. Pistons hiss. Metal jars, catches on metal. Hard, blunt drums puncture the ringing of steel. The wheels arc. The [...]

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