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Genres are just bottles for the various boats. The boats matter to me.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Boats
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Various
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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.
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