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Vito Gulla

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Vito Gulla is a writer based outside of Philadelphia. He holds an MFA from Wilkes University and teaches American Literature at Thomas Jefferson University. His fiction has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles, Pithead Chapel, Subtopian, and Mulberry Fork Review.

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	The Los Angeles Review of Los Angeles - Issue Three by Robin Wyatt Dunn (Editor), Jesse Shipway, Rob Talbert 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Subtopian: Selected Stories: Volume 2 by Trevor D. Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kirby Light (Contributor), Steve Gronert Ellerhoff (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Click, Issue 22, September 2015 by Jeremiah Tolbert (Editor), Barry Graham (Contributor), Vito Gulla (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Great Gatsby I Was Never Taught

The first time I encountered The Great Gatsby was during my junior year of high school, as millions of Americans do. I wasn’t a particularly studious student. If I’m being honest, I was an absolute bum. I did anything and everything I could to avoid doing my homework, regularly missing deadlines, skipping readings, and lying about turning in my work. It’s a miracle I made it out of high school at

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