Originally read at The FREE ASSOCIATION Reading Series
on March 5th, 2023 at Alphabet City, Pittsburgh, PA
Five years ago, almost to the day, our opening writer read at FARS to share part of his own story as a child who’d lived for a short time at McIntyre Shelter, a youth compound that existed for decades in the North Hills.
His previous FARS story was titled “How the West Was Lost” and revolved around a toy he’d coveted and briefly owned, a Johnny West cowboy action figure. Today, he returns and invites you to join him as he takes us back to McIntyre Shelter and explores the memory of things lost in Pittsburgh.
This is “How the Rest is Remembered” by Marcel Lamont Walker.
