The Twentieth Century Passes

Living in Time

[As the "Centuries" Pass in the Night], photograph, date unknown; from a painting by William H. Foster, 1923. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28670/m1/1/: accessed November 8, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of the American Railroad.

“Talking with My Father” originally appeared in slightly different form within a featured collection of my poetry, memoir, and creative nonfiction in the 2015 inaugural issue of Footnote: A Literary Journal of History.