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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Clay Cantrell

Final Cutoff Notice

July 11, 2017

Clay Cantrell

When my father broke parole and went back to prison, my face widened with red pimples of hearsay. For hours, I leaned on the refrigerator door, tasting rotten food. I slipped in the woods, stropped a buck knife, let go. … Continued

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