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Annotated by:
- Coulehan, Jack
- Date of entry: Apr-17-2001
Summary
The author's father killed himself "in a public park . . . while I was waiting to be born." His mother never forgave his father. When the author found a portrait of him in the attic, his mother "ripped it into shreds / without a single word."
Primary Source
Next-to-Last Things
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly
Place Published
New York
Edition
1985
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