Background
Barber, Phyllis Nelson was born on May 11, 1943 in Henderson, Nevada, United States. Daughter of Herman Evans and Thora Jane (Mickelson) N.
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Something about Mormonism keeps bringing Phyllis Barber back to its roots, something about the power of the miraculous she knew so intimately as a child. She was always fascinated by Sunday school stories of Joseph Smith's visions, about the Three Nephites rescuing people in harm's way, and about how unborn spirits talk to women in the night and ask to receive a mortal body. The idea that the veil between heaven and earth can be parted has never been far from her. The Mormonism with which Barber identifies begins with Joseph Smith's ideas which give her own imagination access to infinite possibilities: conversations with heavenly beings and free-flowing consideration of any meritorious idea. These stories are drawn from western folklore and Mormon history and from portraits of contemporary people caught by religious ideals. As much as Barber vacillates between the need to know and the need to doubt, she can't help telling stories that wrestle with the possibility of a thin veil fluttering nearby.
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Barber, Phyllis Nelson was born on May 11, 1943 in Henderson, Nevada, United States. Daughter of Herman Evans and Thora Jane (Mickelson) N.
Bachelor, San Jose State University, 1968. Master of Fine Arts, Vermont Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program, 1984.
Writer Utah Holiday, 1977—1989. President board directors Writers at Work, Park City, Utah, 1985-1987. Co-director, 1988-1989.
Member faculty Master of Fine Arts in Writing program Vermont College, Montpelier, 1991—2010. Fellowship panelist, member professional development committee National Education Association, Washington, 1992. Visiting writer University Missouri, Columbia, 1994.
Community school teacher Rochester, Minnesota, 1998, Park City, 2000. Member literature arts panel Utah State, Salt Lake City, 1985-1989. Executive co-chair Utah Women's Art Project, Salt Lake City, 1989-1990.
Founder Summit County Artists Series, Frisco, Colorado, 1990-1992. Judge writing competitions. Lecturer in field.
(Something about Mormonism keeps bringing Phyllis Barber b...)
(Book by Barber, Phyllis)
Every person is the beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, God the Father and a Heavenly Mother, with a divine nature and destiny. The Heavenly Mother is like the Heavenly Father in glory, perfection, compassion, wisdom, and holiness.
Board directors Utah Symphony, Salt Lake City, 1972-1975. Director public relations Utah Symphony Guild, Salt Lake City, 1970-1971. Board directors Lighthouse Writers Foundation, since 2009.
Member American Association of University Women, Association Mormon Letters, Associate Writing Programs.
Married David Henry Barber, May 29, 1964 (divorced January 1997). Children: Geoffrey Stevenson, Christopher Jon, Jeremy Scott, Bradley Nelson Barber. Married William Traeger, September 30, 2000 (divorced June 2002).
Married 2010.