Wendy Barker

Poet

San Antonio, TX
Texas US

Author's Bio

My sixth book of poetry is One Blackbird at a Time, winner of the John Ciardi Prize (BkMk Press, 2015. My fourth chapbook is From the Moon, Earth is Blue (Wings Press, 2015.) A co-edited anthology (with Dave Parsons), Far Out: Poems of the '60s, was published by Wings Press in 2016. My poems have have been published in hundreds of journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2013. I am Poet-in-Residence and the Pearl LeWinn Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where I've taught since 1982.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Far Out: Poems of the '60s (Wings Press, 2016)
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From the Moon, Earth is Blue (Wings Press, 2015)
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Nothing Between Us (Del Sol Press, 2009)
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Between Frames (Pecan Grove Press, 2006)
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Poems from Paradise (WordTech Editions, 2005)
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Poems from Paradise (WordTech Editions, 2005)
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Poems Progress (Absey & Company, 2002)
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Rabindranath Tagore: Final Poems (George Braziller, Inc., 2001)
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Way of Whiteness (Wings Press, 2000)
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Eve Remembers (Aark Arts Press, 1996)
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Let the Ice Speak (Ithaca House, 1991)
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Winter Chickens & Other Poems (Corona Press, 1990)
Journals:
American Scholar
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Kenyon Review
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Partisan Review
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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
Summit
Raised in: 
Phoenix, Tucson, AZ
Arizona
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Last update: Sep 28, 2016