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
encounters form genre
Being cross-genre, you can encounter an image and decide not only how to best express it but what form would express it best.
different needs genre
I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times.
important lessons genre
Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.
writing genre-is feelings
One of the reasons I write in different genres is that I get to have the feeling - even fleetingly - that I'm not just writing like Baggott again. I can escape myself.
writing boundaries genre
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.
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.
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.
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.
collectives underestimated
Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull.
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.
done wit-and-humor republican
Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.
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...
new-york book notable
When a colleague of mine had a notable New York Times book, I said, turn one of the chapters in the collection into a pitch for a novel and sell it to your publisher.