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Elizabeth Geoghegan was born in New York, grew up in the Midwest, and lives in Rome. She is the author of the short story collection Eightball, and the bestselling flash memoir The Marco Chronicles. Her writing and interviews have appeared in TIME, The Paris Review, BOMB, The Best Travel Writing, El Pais, Words Without Borders, Poets & Writers, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.

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	bola ocho by Elizabeth Geoghegan (Goodreads Author), Blanca Gago Domínguez (Translator) 3.32 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	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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Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

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