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I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Tell
Boldly
Truth
Liberated
Women
Brutal
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Deeply
Feels
Writers
Writing
Moved
Really
However
Write
Wildly

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I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.
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I have faith in human beings. I struggle with that faith.
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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.
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Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
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Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.
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The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.
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My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled to the floor, but we knew we'd die or, worse, survive only to suffer radiation and slow death.
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I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.
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I prefer true over happy now.
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