What the Poets Could Have Been | Thomson Gale

In the following essay, the critic gives a critical analysis of Baggott’s work.

Thomson Gale

In the following essay, the critic gives a critical analysis of Baggott’s work.

As a young writer, Julianna Baggott watched as many of her contemporaries headed for the publishing capital of the world, New York City, to make their mark on the literary scene. After receiving her master’s degree, however, Baggott and her poet husband headed for a small Delaware city, where she went to work writing short stories and then poetry as she began to raise a family. Baggott wisely wasn’t all that interested in the literary scene. ‘‘I...

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