Rebecca Baggett

Poet

Athens, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
rbaggett@uga.edu

Author's Bio

Rebecca Baggett is the author of four chapbooks, including God Puts on the Body of a Deer and Thalassa.  Her work appears in journals such as The Southern Review, The Sun, New England Review, and The Southern Poetry Review, and in numerous anthologies.  A native of North Carolina, she has lived for most of her adult life in Athens, GA, where she was a lead academic advisor for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at UGA.  In retirement, she stewards Little Free Library #110420 and is a fan of indie bookshops, libraries, theatre, gardening/habitat restoration, and her grandson.  She and her husband hope to travel again someday.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Burning Bright (Passager Books, 2011)
,
One for the Road (Split Oak Press, 2010)
,
Looking for God in All the Right Places (Loyola Press, 2004)
,
Poetry from Sojourner (Illinois State University Press, 2004)
,
A Fierce Brightness (Calyx Books, 2002)
,
Sweet Jesus: Poems About the Ultimate Icon (Anthology Press, 2002)
,
Essential Love (Grayson Books, 2001)
,
The Practice of Peace (Sherman Asher Publishing, 2001)
,
Womens Uncommon Prayers (Morehouse Publishing, 2000)
,
A More Perfect Union (St. Martin's Press, 1998)
,
Voices from Home: The North Carolina Prose Anthology (Avisson Press, 1997)
,
Claiming the Spirit Within (Beacon Press, 1996)
,
For She Is the Tree of Life (Conari Press, 1994)
,
Cries of the Spirit (Beacon Press, 1991)
Book:
The Woman Who Lives Without Money (Regal House Publishing, 2022)
Chapbooks:
Thalassa (Finishing Line Press, 2011)
,
God Puts on the Body of a Deer (Main Street Rag, 2010)
,
Rebecca Baggett: Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2001)
,
Still Life with Children (Pudding House Publications, 1996)
Journals:
American Journal of Poetry
,
American Voice
,
Americas Review
,
Antioch Review
,
Atlanta Review
,
Boston Review
,
Calapooya Collage
,
Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
,
Confrontation
,
december
,
Evening Street Review
,
Fiction
,
Greensboro Review
,
Helicon Nine
,
Journal of Mythic Arts
,
Kalliope
,
Mid-American Review
,
Ms.
,
New England Review
,
Nimrod
,
North American Review
,
Painted Bride Quarterly
,
Poetry East
,
River Oak Review
,
Salt
,
Slant
,
Sojourner
,
Southern Poetry Review
,
Southern Review
,
Spillway
,
Sugar House Review
,
The Sun
,
Tar River Poetry
,
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
Prizes won: 

Terry J. Cox Poetry Competition, Regal House Publishing, 2020

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Jan 24, 2022