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I think the writer fairly explicitly has said Margot is not her, but parts of the story are based on real dates she had in her mid 30s. She now lives with a woman. In her 20s she volunteered for Peace Corps in Kenya.
Interesting. I didn't bother to look up much about the writer. I googled her picture, and saw she was an average-looking white chick in her late 30s with short hair.

Didn't know she turned out to be a lesbian. Guess that would explain why she had some dates where guys turned her off so easily.
I wouldn't be too surprised if there was more of her in Robert. At the time she was 34ish and she still spent time with students in their 20s. This was after a 7 year relationship had ended. So somewhat rusty and this might have been the first time she dated women. Margot is described as fickle and accidentally cruel in a way that's rare for autobiographical accounts.