Living in a Material World: Men & Women in
The Great Gatsby and Bright Lights, Big City

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Name: Gail Helen Bremner
Location: Naperville, Illinois, USA
BA: English Literature, Loyola University Chicago
MA: Writing, Gender, & Culture, King's College London
CERT: English Secondary Education, Mount Mary Milwaukee
Website: You Think You Know, But You Don't

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