Tuesday, 13 December 2005. It’s the birthday of James Wright, though he’s no longer alive   to celebrate it. His “back-broken beloved Ohio” lies just to the west of me, scarred and discarded   Martins Ferry and the bombed-out brick⁠- and glass⁠- works of Wheeling, West Virginia, across the river.   I, too, now live […]

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