What the Poets Could Have Been | Joanna Smith Rakoff

In the following essay interview, Baggott discusses the process and business of getting published, motherhood, and writing.

Joanna Smith Rakoff

In the following essay interview, Baggott discusses the process and business of getting published, motherhood, and writing.

Julianna Baggott doesn’t miss a beat.When Theo, her chubby-checked nine-month-old, begins to fuss a little. Baggott picks him up and begins to nurse him without losing her train of thought or even pausing for a breath. But then again, we’re talking about her favorite subject: poetry. Not about the ephemeral stuff, the hard stuff, not about the making of poetry, but about the making of poets, the...

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