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Erin Fitzgerald

Erin Fitzgerald’s stories have appeared in Hobart, Monkeybicycle, PANK, wigleaf, and other fine literary journals. Her chapbook “This Morning Will Be Different” is in the anthology Shut Up/Look Pretty (Tiny Hardcore Press). She is the lead editor of The Northville Review. Her last A1C was 5.8.

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Erin Fitzgerald

Apr 24, 2012

On Paula Deen, or Why Putting This Essay Online Guarantees I Will Not Qualify For Private Health Insurance In My State

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011. I had a routine physical, I got my bloodwork results in the mail, I knew what to look for.

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