Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggott
Julianna Baggottis a novelist, essayist and poet who also writes under the pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. She is an associate professor at Florida State University's Creative Writing Program...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 September 1969
Julianna Baggott quotes about
voice style different
Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.
writing dark trying
I don't know when I'm writing dark. I don't know when I'm writing funny or even heartbreaking. I'm always just trying to write it true.
writing choices stories
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.
holocaust childhood suffering
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.
generations calm shouting
The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.
reading writing practice
Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue to do so.
positivity way want
I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity.
writing want brutal
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.
athlete college men
If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more freedom to pour himself into his work - think of athletes, actors over the age of 28, lawyers, accountants, college deans...
done wit-and-humor republican
Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.
children believe teaching
I believe that one of the most damning things about our culture is the adage to never talk religion and politics. Because we don't model this discourse at the dinner table and at Thanksgiving, we don't know how to do it well and we're not teaching our children about the world and about how to discuss it.
collectives underestimated
Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull.
mind facts males
The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds.
waiting something-new
I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.