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Judith Barrington [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Portland, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
judith@judithbarrington.com
Bio: 

I have been on the faculty of the University of Alaska, Anchorage's low-residency MFA program, specializing in literary memoir. I also teach for the Mountain Writers' Series in Portland, OR, and in the UK and Spain. Recently visiting writer for
Eastern Oregon University MFA students.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
Spanish
Born in: 
Brighton, UK
Raised in: 
Brighton
Website: 
https://www.judithbarrington.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2012 Gregory O'Donoghue Prize (Cork Spring Poetry Festival, Ireland). Robin Becker Chapbook Contest (2008) for "Lost Lands." Lambda Literary Award, 2000, for "Lifesaving: A Memoir." Finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir, for "Lifesaving: A Memoir". Winner of The Dulwich Festival International Poetry Contest.

What I'm reading now: 
Poems 1904 by Constantine Cavafy, trans. Paul Merchant
My Name is Shylock by Howard Jacobson
Collected Poems by W.H. Auden
Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery by Jeannette Winterson
Sappho: a new translation by Sappho trans. Mary Barnard
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
LGBTQ
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