Capitol Hill’s construction boom has officially entered our office. Jen’s desk is gone. Dave’s desk is gone. The window is gone. The autumn sky is gone. The voices of construction workers are behind the tarp. At present, they speak in whispers but soon the banging and economic growing will begin…

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Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...