Barbara Henning

Barbara Henning (born October 26, 1948) is an American poet and fiction writer. She is the author of seven books of poetry, two novels, and a series of photo-poem pamphlets. Her work has been published in numerous journals. In 1992, she founded the literary magazine "". Her most recent book is a conceptual project, a collection of sonnets composed from 999 passages from 999 books in her collection, entitled "My Autobiography" (United Artists Books, 2007).

Background

Henning was born in Detroit, Michigan, lived in New York City from 1983-2005, and now resides in Tucson, Arizona. She is professor Emerita from Long Island University in Brooklyn where she taught creative writing and literature. Presently she is teaching for University of Arizona Poetry Center and English Department, as well as for Naropa University.

In 2003 Henning began composing, publishing and distributing to a list of poets, a limited artist's series of her photo-poem pamphlets under the imprint of Long News. They include Hari Om, Cities & Memory, An Arc Falling into the Bougainvillea, 7th Street, 30 Miles to Rosebud, The Animal I Am, Aham Asmi Aham Asmi, Black Grapes, My Autobiography, Found in the Park, Up North and Aerial View. Most of these have been republished on line and in print journals.

From 1993-1995, Henning was the editor of "Long News In the Short Century", a journal of art and writing.

Other Publications

Books of poetry

* "My Autobiography" (United Artists, 2007)
* "Detective Sentences" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001)
* "Love Makes Thinking Dark" (United Artists, 1995)
* "Smoking in the Twilight Bar" (United Artists, 1988)

Novels

* "Black Lace" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001)
* "You, Me and the Insects" (2005)

Chapbooks

* "Me and My Dog" (Poetry New York, 1999)
* "Inbetween" (Spectacular Diseases, 2000)
* "The Passion of Signs" (Leave Books, 1994)

Artist book collaborations

* "How to Read and Write in the Dark" (with Miranda Maher, 1996)
* "Words and Pictures" (with Sally Young 1996).

External links

* [http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/bhenning/barbara.html Home Page at Long Island University]
* [http://www.naropa.edu/academics/graduate/writingpoetics/mfa/faculty.cfm Naropa University Faculty Page]
* [http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/fiction/youmeinsects.htm Spuyten Duyvil]
* [http://www.unitedartistsbooks.com/catalogue.html United Artists]
* [http://jacketmagazine.com/35/henning5stories.shtml Jacket Magazine, "Five Stories"]
* [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2006/06/fiction/black-grapes The Brooklyn Rail, "Black Grapes"]
* [http://cyberpoems.com/cm/ Slavery Cyberzine, "Cities and Memory"]
* [http://www.naropa.edu/notenoughnight/fall06/Henning.html Not Enough Night, "Aerial View"]