Fountain Girls

In this essay, listed as a Notable in Best American Essays 2017, one young women recounts growing up poor in small-town Colorado, a town plagued with problems yet named an All-America City, and after she moves on she wonders: What if the American dream is just a dream?

Source: Ecotone Journal
Published: Feb 23, 2017
Length: 21 minutes (5,401 words)
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