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I feel too much. It's like being drummed to death from within. You know?

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Much
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Drummed
Within
Death
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Feels

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