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Gregor Baszak

Gregor Baszak

Gregor Baszak is a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His writing has previously appeared in American Book Review, Electronic Book Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Spectator USA, and Platypus Review. icon

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