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Meaghan Loraas

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Meaghan Loraas is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at Texas State University. She drinks craft beer with her friends and binge watches Teen Mom with her dogs, Dobby and Harriett Potter the Spy. She’s currently working on her first novel and a variety of counted cross stitch projects.

June 13, 2017

Open Letter to the Old White Men I Encountered at the Minimum Wage Texas Barbecue Job I Had During My First Year of Grad School

by Meaghan Loraas

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