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I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Separated
Boundaries
Genre
Across
Instead
Often
Write
Complementary
Writing
Genres

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