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    Great Expectations

    Oct 11, 2022 3 minutes
    by LATRIA GRAHAM
    Illustrations by
    SIMON BAILLY

    MY DAD WAS INTO stories about pirates and heroes. Coastal regions of the South, thought to contain both, held a special place in his imagination. Those buccaneers, the way my dad told it, were seeking an escape from the conditions society placed on them. Piracy offered folks the chance to take control of their lives. Looking back, I think my father was trying to figure out how to do the same.

    In February 2012, after my

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