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Meghan Flaherty is a writer and teacher of literary nonfiction. Her first book, Tango Lessons, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2018. Her second book is a more traditional narrative about family, childhood trauma, motherhood, and memory. She received her MFA from Columbia University. Her essays and translations have appeared in O Magazine, The Iowa Review, Psychology Today, Parents, and online at the New York Times, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
At the moment, she is teaching online writing classes via Zoom, and offering private consultations. She lives with her husband and two sons in East Dunbartonshire.
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