Judith Barrington

Judith Barrington is the author of two memoirs, five collections of poetry, two poetry chapbooks, and a bestselling book for writers. Her previous memoir Lifesaving won the Lambda Book Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir; it was published in German translation. Her poetry collections are Trying to Be an Honest Woman, History and Geography, Horses and the Human Soul, The Conversation, and Long Love: New and Selected Poems. Individual poems and memoirs have won numerous awards. Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, is used in classrooms and writing workshops across the U.S. and the U.K. and has been translated into 5 languages. Lifesaving and three poetry collections were finalists for the Oregon Book Award.