Dispatch
The Town
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The one about Cottuff, the Taco Shell and a dog named Lucky. Dispatch 22 begins with a simple assignment: describe the town of Cottuff for an out-of-town newspaper. The task quickly proves impossible. Facts are easy enough to gather—roads, railroads, businesses, history—but none of them explain what a place truly is. Instead, the narrator sets aside dates and landmarks in favor of the people,…