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Is it wrong to kill something that wants to kill you?
Julianna Baggott
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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Kill
Wants
Wrong
Something
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