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Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.
Julianna Baggott
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Julianna Baggott
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
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University Teacher
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Wilmington
Delaware
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