Background
Julianna Baggott was born on September 30, 1969, in Delaware, United States. She grew up on a street in Newark.
Julianna Baggott
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Julianna Baggott at the University of North Carolina. She got there a Master of Fine Arts.
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2011
Julianna Baggott
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Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
2009
Julianna Baggott
2011
Julianna Baggott
2011
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Julianna Baggott at the University of North Carolina. She got there a Master of Fine Arts.
David Scott.
Phoebe Scott
Steve Almond
(Lissy Jablonski was fifteen during the summer of 1985. Th...)
Lissy Jablonski was fifteen during the summer of 1985. That was the summer her father, a soft-spoken, seemingly passionless gynecologist, up and left her mother for a redheaded bank teller. The same summer Lissy and her mother disappeared from their quiet New Hampshire lives to have an adventure of their own amid a cast of unlikely characters, including a Valium-addicted ex-debutante and a suspected mobster. The summer the reliably comforting "girl talks" with her mother began to reveal startling secrets.
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2001
(A mosaic of memories, the poems of "This Country of Mothe...)
A mosaic of memories, the poems of "This Country of Mothers" recollect Julianna Baggott’s experiences as both mother and daughter. With wit, compassion, aggression, and anxiety, Baggott examines her maternal history. She recalls moments of creation and destruction in her life, times of elation and of desperation that mold her as both a woman and a poet.
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2001
(In this stunning follow-up to the acclaimed "Girl Talk," ...)
In this stunning follow-up to the acclaimed "Girl Talk," a fading beauty-pageant veteran and her sixteen-year-old son team up as the delightfully nimble co-chroniclers of one family's soulful, mordantly funny remembrance of things past.
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2002
("Lizzie Borden in Love," a collection of poems by nationa...)
"Lizzie Borden in Love," a collection of poems by national bestselling author Julianna Baggott, offers poignant commentary in the voices of women as varied as Mary Todd Lincoln and Monica Lewinsky.
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2006
(Enter the magical world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium...)
Enter the magical world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium! What happens when a small, not very gifted boy named N.E. Bode gets lost on a class trip and stumbles into a toy store one rainy day? He is found by a man named Bellini who tells him the most wonderful tales - from A to Z - all about the beginnings of Mr. Magorium's now-famous magical toy store.
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2007
("Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees" takes up the traditio...)
"Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees" takes up the tradition of "Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet," but on poetry's own terms. At first glance, Baggott's candid counsel can be seen as a manual on writing poetry, written in poems. As the book unfolds, however, these poems take on the larger landscape of love and loss, the rigors of living fully, and the intricate, mysterious territory of our fragile, hardworking souls.
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2007
(It's been eighty-sixed years since the Red Sox won a Worl...)
It's been eighty-sixed years since the Red Sox won a World Series. Eighty-six years cursed. Twelve-year-old Oscar Egg believes he is cursed, just like the Red Sox. His real parents didn't want him, and now his adopted mom has dumped him off to live with his strange, sickly dad. But there's something Oscar doesn't know. The Boston Red Sox really are cursed, and not just because they sold Babe Ruth in 1919. Someone deliberately jinxed the team, and the secret to breaking the Curse lies deep below Fenway Park, with Oscar's dad and the Cursed Creatures, a group that has been doomed to live out their miserable lives below Fenway until the Curse is broken.
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2009
(Follow the secret passageway... and discover the magic! I...)
Follow the secret passageway... and discover the magic! In a world where locust fairies flutter and firebreathers burst from snowbanks, two children are having the adventure of their lives.
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2009
(West Virginia, 1924: Alma works in a hosiery mill where t...)
West Virginia, 1924: Alma works in a hosiery mill where the percussive roar of machinery has far too long muffled the engine that is her heart. When Alma's husband decides that they should set out to find their fortune in Florida, Alma has little choice but to leave her three children and ailing mother behind. But when Alma is then abandoned at a Miami dock, she is suddenly forced to make her own way in the world.
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2010
(Two rambunctious, romantic flameouts. One boring wedding....)
Two rambunctious, romantic flameouts. One boring wedding. One heated embrace in a quiet coatroom. This is not exactly the recipe for true love. John and Jane's lusty encounter at a friend's wedding isn't really the beginning of anything with any weight to it; even they know that. When they manage to pull back, it occurs to them that they might start this whole thing over properly.
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2011
(Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about li...)
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers... to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small.
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2012
(Long ago a plan was hatched that could mean the earth's u...)
Long ago a plan was hatched that could mean the earth's ultimate doom. Now only Partridge and Pressia can set things right. To save millions of innocent lives, Partridge must risk his own by returning to the Dome and facing his most terrifying challenge. And Pressia, armed only with a mysterious Black Box containing a set of cryptic clues, must travel to the very ends of the earth, to a place where no map can guide her. If they succeed, the world will be saved. But should they fail, humankind will pay a terrible price...
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2013
(Partridge is intent on exposing his father's lies, taking...)
Partridge is intent on exposing his father's lies, taking down the rigid order of the Dome, and uniting its citizens with the disfigured Wretches on the outside. But from his new position of power, things are far more complex and potentially dangerous than he could have ever imagined. On the outside, a band of survivors faces a treacherous journey to Dome. Pressia carries with her the key to salvation. If she can get it to the Dome, the Wretches could one day be healed and everyone might be able to put the horrors of the past behind them.
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2014
("Seventh Book of Wonders," tells the moving story of the ...)
"Seventh Book of Wonders," tells the moving story of the unforgettable Wolf women in four distinct voices: the mysterious Harriet, who, until now, has never revealed the secrets of her past; her fiery, overprotective daughter, Eleanor; and her two grown granddaughters - Tilton, the fragile yet exuberant younger sister, who's become a housebound hermit, and Ruth, the older sister, who ran away at sixteen and never looked back.
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2015
Julianna Baggott was born on September 30, 1969, in Delaware, United States. She grew up on a street in Newark.
Julianna Baggott studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and graduated in 1991. She got a Master of Fine Arts.
Julianna Baggott began publishing when she was twenty-two. After graduating from the University of North Carolina she published her first novel, the national bestseller "Girl Talk." There are over thirty foreign editions of her novels to date. Her novels for younger readers include "The Ever Breath" and "The Prince of Fenway Park," as well as titles written under her pen name N.E. Bode, most notably "The Anybodies trilogy."
Julianna's literary novels for adults include "The Miss America Family," "The Madam," and "Which Brings Me to You" co-written with Steve Almond. Her novels "The Pretend Wife" and "My Husband’s Sweethearts" were published under her pen name Bridget Asher.
Julianna also has an acclaimed career as a poet, having published four collections of poetry "Instructions: Abject & Fuming," "This Country of Mothers," "Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees," and "Lizzie Borden in Love." Her fourth collection, "Instructions: Abject & Fuming," was published in early 2017. Her poems have appeared in some of the most venerable literary publications in the country, including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, and Best American Poetry.
Baggott’s essays have appeared in over a hundred publications, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Glamour, Ms., Real Simple, and read on National Public Radio’s Here and Now and Talk of the Nation.
Julianna Baggott is an associate professor at the Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts where she teaches screenwriting. From 2013 to 2017, she held the William Henry Peter Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross. Along with her husband, she co-founded the nonprofit organization "Kids in Need - Books in Deed."
Julianna Baggott is known as the co-founder of the nonprofit organization "Kids in Need - Books in Deed." She founded it with her husband, David Scott, in 2006.
Also, Julianna Baggott is known as a fellow Delaware Division of Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ragdale Foundation, and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
("Seventh Book of Wonders," tells the moving story of the ...)
2015(In this stunning follow-up to the acclaimed "Girl Talk," ...)
2002("Lizzie Borden in Love," a collection of poems by nationa...)
2006(Partridge is intent on exposing his father's lies, taking...)
2014(West Virginia, 1924: Alma works in a hosiery mill where t...)
2010(A mosaic of memories, the poems of "This Country of Mothe...)
2001("Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees" takes up the traditio...)
2007(Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about li...)
2012(Long ago a plan was hatched that could mean the earth's u...)
2013(It's been eighty-sixed years since the Red Sox won a Worl...)
2009(Lissy Jablonski was fifteen during the summer of 1985. Th...)
2001(Two rambunctious, romantic flameouts. One boring wedding....)
2011(Enter the magical world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium...)
2007(Follow the secret passageway... and discover the magic! I...)
2009Julianna Baggott on the interview for The Rumpus said: "I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination. I’ve left the Church - for many reasons that I’ve written about publicly - but it’s still a large part of my identity, and I still have my faith, if not my Church."
By organizing "Kids in Need - Books in Deed," Julianna Baggott focused on literacy and getting free books to underprivileged children in the state of Florida. Over the years, with the help of those who are committed to literacy, "Kids in Need - Books in Deed" has been able to collect and donate thousands of books, both new and lightly used, to children across the state of Florida.
Quotations:
"I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken."
"I am politically pro-choice but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church-run by childless men."
"I believe - deeply - that identity dwells within. The thing that pops to mind here is the complexity of gender identity, for example, but it could take me years to try to apply it… I will say that I believe our true identity, our unconditionally loved inner selves to be pure. It’s something I’ve never thought of before in these terms. Maybe I’m talking about the soul itself, but I’m also certainly including the brain, an organ of imagination – without it, how do we imagine the soul? Identity is something that fascinates me. Purity is a term that feels socially manipulative, and it has so many connotations it’s hard to categorize. I realize now I’m rambling. Usually a sign that I’m not deconstructing or constructing anything, just moving some blocks around."
Julianna Baggott is married. Her husband, David Scott, is a writer too. They have four children.
