Cathy Barber

Poet

Cleveland Heights, OH
Ohio US

Author's Bio

Cathy Barber’s poetry has been published on four continents and has been anthologized many times, including in the anthologies Rewilding: Poems for the Environment and Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. Her work has been nominated for a Best of the Net. Her abecedarian chapbook is Aardvarks, Bloodhounds, Catfish, Dingoes (Dancing Girl Press, 2018) and her first full length book is Once: A Golden Shovel Collection (Kelsay Books, 2023). She taught for many years with California Poets in the Schools. She is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program, and makes her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where she serves on the board of Literary Cleveland.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Times New Roman (Nth Position, 2003)
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An Eye For An Eye Makes the Whole World Blind (Regent Press, 2002)
Book:
Once: A Golden Shovel Collection (Kelsay Books, 2023)
Chapbook:
Aardvarks, Bloodhounds, Catfish, Dingoes (Dancing Girl Press, 2018)
Journals:
America's Intercultural Magazine
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Atlas & Alice
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Doorknobs & BodyPaint
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Gin Bender
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Kerf
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Lummox Journal
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Old Red Kimono
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Paper Wasp
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Presence
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Red Booth Review
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Roux
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
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Slab Literary Review
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Sweet: A Literary Confection
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Tattoo Highway
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The Bohemian
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Zillah

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Raised in: 
Cleveland, OH
Ohio
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Last update: May 04, 2024