Maggie Babb grew up surrounded by animals on a small farm in Baltimore County and raised her children with a menagerie in the woods of New Hampshire. At home only where there is wild space, she discovers it wherever she can. A member of the East Coast Hollowdeck Writer’s Guild, she hosts a monthly writers group, The Firedrake Writers, a diverse group of brave, supportive poets, memorialists and novelists.

A proud mother of four marvelous adults, she lives in Baltimore County, Maryland with Buddelia, an African Grey Parrot.

I believe that everyone is an artist and a writer. I believe that our imagination is the most underused talent we possess. These times call for the skill of looking behind and around and under what is obvious. We need more working artists, courageous trailblazers, because our creative power is the key to a meaningful life. 

I began making art and writing as a small child. All my life I have been aware that the everyday world of time and space is not all there is. What compels me is exploring what lies underneath. This is what gets me to the page every day.

In working with investigative and documentary poetics, I keep in mind the quote by Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)