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Aja Gabel
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Aja Gabel

How to pronounce Aja Gabel: AY-zha GAY-buhl. Like the words "Asia" and "gable."

Aja Gabel Biography

Aja Gabel's writing has appeared in BOMB, The Kenyon Review, Glimmer Train, and elsewhere. A former cellist, she earned her B.A. at Wesleyan University, her MFA at the University of Virginia and has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Aja has been the recipient of fellowships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Literary Arts Oregon, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, where she was a fellow in fiction.

Gabel lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Bear.

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