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German
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Friday, January 1, 1982 · Don Krumpos
Mader's
As a child, Milwaukee felt less like a city than a foreign country. To get there from the Door Peninsula farm already felt like crossing worlds—leaving fields, machine sheds, and county roads for expressways, brick facades, traffic, and the unnerving…
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Sunday, January 1, 1984 · Don Krumpos
The Books in His Bedroom
My father had a massive collection of books from college. At least it felt massive to me then. They lived in his bedroom, which made them different from ordinary household books. They were not simply around, not part of the…