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Author Ian Bassingthwaighte

Ian Bassingthwaighte

Ian Bassingthwaighte is a writer and photographer living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he attends the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. You can find him online at igbass.com.

Reichelt’s Parachute

Ian Bassingthwaighte
Art & Literature, Arts & Culture
This story originally appeared in and is re-published with gratitude from The Common, Issue 8. His name was Gustave Eiffel, and he built his giant French tower because it was impossible—that is what...
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