Background
Judith Barrington was born on July 7, 1944, in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. She is a daughter of Reginald Jack Barrington and Violet Elizabeth Barrington.
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, United States
In 1978 Judith Barrington received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marylhurst College (later Marylhurst University).
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, United States
In 1980 Judith Barrington obtained a Master of Arts degree from Goddard College.
Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, United States
In 1978 Judith Barrington received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marylhurst College (later Marylhurst University).
Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, United States
In 1980 Judith Barrington obtained a Master of Arts degree from Goddard College.
(This is a collection of poetry.)
This is a collection of poetry.
https://www.amazon.com/Trying-Honest-Barrington-1-Aug-1986-Paperback/dp/B013PT370C/?tag=2022091-20
1985
(This is a collection of poetry.)
This is a collection of poetry.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Geography-Barrington-published-January/dp/B015RUSQIA/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(Essays, stories, and poems explore questions of definitio...)
Essays, stories, and poems explore questions of definition, vocabulary, history, possibility, and meaning, bringing together many of the best contemporary lesbian writers.
https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Wilderness-Lesbian-Writers-Sexuality/dp/0933377096/?tag=2022091-20
1991
(Acclaimed writing teacher Judith Barrington has written a...)
Acclaimed writing teacher Judith Barrington has written a lively, thoughtful, and encouraging book aimed at those aspiring to the highest literary standards, but useful, also, to those who simply want to record stories for family and friends.
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Memoir-Barrington-13-Jun-2002-Paperback/dp/B011T89EOY/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(The cruise ship Lakonia departed Southampton on December ...)
The cruise ship Lakonia departed Southampton on December 19, 1963, on a Christmas voyage to the Canary Islands. Three days later, north of Madeira, a fire broke out. In the ensuing confusion and panic, a small group of passengers, including the author's parents, were left stranded without lifeboats and drowned. Barrington, just nineteen, left England and went to live in a small town in northern Spain. Lifesaving is the story of those three years, of the people, the places, and of a young woman struggling to become an adult in the shadow of sudden and staggering loss.
https://www.amazon.com/Lifesaving-Memoir-Judith-Barrington/dp/0933377444/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(Judith Barrington’s Horses and the Human Soul gives reade...)
Judith Barrington’s Horses and the Human Soul gives readers a glimpse of the powerful connections that can exist between nature and humanity and the potential for that connection to be transforming.
https://www.amazon.com/Horses-Human-Judith-Barrington-2004-06-01/dp/B01FKRPQLK/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(The Conversation is Judith Barrington's long meditated di...)
The Conversation is Judith Barrington's long meditated dialogue with the many interlocking parts of her life, the record of her sustained career as writer, teacher, activist, and explorer of the heart's mysteries.
https://www.amazon.com/Conversation-Judith-Barrington/dp/1908836946/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(These poems, whether in traditional or looser forms, reve...)
These poems, whether in traditional or looser forms, reveal Barrington's unerring ear for the music of language. Her subjects - being a lesbian, horses, the ocean, memory, love, grief, aging, disability, and facing one's own mortality - are explored with fierce attention, originality, and wry humor.
https://www.amazon.com/Long-Love-New-Selected-Poems/dp/191066927X/?tag=2022091-20
2018
Judith Barrington was born on July 7, 1944, in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. She is a daughter of Reginald Jack Barrington and Violet Elizabeth Barrington.
In 1978 Judith Barrington received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marylhurst College (later Marylhurst University). In 1980 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from Goddard College.
From 1964 to 1966 Judith Barrington was a guide and interpreter at Peralada Castle and Winery in Peralada, Spain. From 1968 to 1973 she was a marketing director at Utilair Ltd. in London, England. She moved to the United States in 1976. From 1984 to 2000 Barrington served as a director of Flight of the Mind, writing workshops for women. From 1985 to 1992 Judith was a visiting writer at schools and workshops in Oregon and Washington. Since 1989 she has worked as a teacher at summer programs, including creative writing workshops at Portland State University. From 1995 to 1998 she was a member of selection committee at Portland Visual Arts Chronicle.
In 2011 she collaborated with sculptor and artist, Steve Tilden to create a metal sculpture and a sequence of poems for an exhibition of work focused on horses, shown at the Blackfish Gallery with a reading and discussion. She collaborated with New York sculptor Nancy Azara on an artist's book, providing a long poem in six parts entitled "Passages." The work was exhibited at Soho's Donahue/Sosinski Gallery in New York in January of 2000 and praised by the New York Times. The book was also shown at the Froelick Gallery in Portland, Oregon, in 2001.
Judith was, for several years, on the faculty of the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Much sought after as a writing teacher, over the past thirty years she has taught creative writing at various universities and at many summer writing workshops including the Port Townsend Writers' Conference, Haystack, Split Rock, Fishtrap, the Ashland Writing Conference, the Hassayampa Writers' Conference, Writers@Work.
In Europe, she has taught and given readings at The Poetry School, the Barbican Centre, The South Bank, The Arvon Foundation, IndianKing Arts Centre, Almà ssera Vella, and the Poetry Cafe, as well as various arts festivals and universities.
Judith Barrington is best known as the author of Lifesaving: A Memoir and Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art. Writing the Memoir is the bestselling book on writing memoir, now in its second edition with over 100,000 copies sold. Lifesaving was a finalist PEN/Marths Albrand Award for the art of the memoir as well as Oregon Book Award.
(Acclaimed writing teacher Judith Barrington has written a...)
1997(The Conversation is Judith Barrington's long meditated di...)
2013(Judith Barrington’s Horses and the Human Soul gives reade...)
2004(Essays, stories, and poems explore questions of definitio...)
1991(These poems, whether in traditional or looser forms, reve...)
2018(The cruise ship Lakonia departed Southampton on December ...)
2000(This is a collection of poetry.)
1985(This is a collection of poetry.)
1989Judith Barrington holds feminist views.
Judith Barrington has been, at different times, greatly influenced by Adrienne Rich, Eavan Boland, Seamus Heaney, Paul Monette, Sylvia Plath, Louise Gluck, and Mimi Khalvati.
Judith Barrington is a member of PEN America, the Poetry Society of America, the Poetry Society (England), and Northwest Writers.
Judith Barrington is a companion of Ruth Gundle, a publisher.
