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Francesca McDonnell Capossela
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Francesca McDonnell Capossela

How to pronounce Francesca McDonnell Capossela: cap-ah-SELL-a

Francesca McDonnell Capossela Biography

A queer writer and Irish-American dual citizen, Francesca grew up in New York City and holds an M. Phil from Trinity College Dublin. Her publication credits include the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Point Magazine, Banshee, Columbia Journal, Guesthouse (forthcoming), and two anthologies: Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters (Dark Matter Ink, 2022) and Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021). Her first novel, Trouble the Livingi, is out now, wherever you buy your books. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog, Lyra.

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