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About Caitlin McGill

Words in Blackbird, McSweeneyโ€™s, Vox, etc. Winner: 2020 Indiana Review Nonfiction Prize. Finalist: 2021 Chautauqua Janus Prize. Three Notables in Best American Essays. Staff-scholar @ Bread Loaf. Assoc. Prof. of CW in VA. Writing a memoir. She/her.

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