MildredBarya
@MidiBarya
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Writer, poet, facilitator & lit/life enthusiast. Loving the books I read, teach & write. Weaving reader-writer conversations.
Asheville, NC
Joined August 2011
Beyond happy for winning this Jacobs/Jones literary prize! Won't you celebrate with me this good news? It seems the key thing, then, is to persist, and afterwards, persist. Thank you, NCWN.
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Here's a poem for our times published in the Cincinnati Review, Fall 2024. Lots to love in that issue, which I'm only getting to read now. For more, visit
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Ah, a ray of sunrise beyond Helene: My "book" BEING HERE IN THIS BODY long-listed for Cassava Republic Press's Inaugural Global Black Women's Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize.
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How wonderful to see my "book" BEING HERE IN THIS BODY long-listed for Cassava Republic Press's Inaugural Global Black Women's Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize. I guess it's not too late to celebrate with me! @cassavarepublicpress
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Happy to see my poem on Verse Daily, Today's poem: Giant Stag Beetles
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I am thrilled to offer this workshop on Sept 7, 2024 at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville. Looking forward to seeing many wonderful folks.
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Hello World! I'm thrilled to share the latest volume of Diode Journal with two new poems you can read here:
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Ah, friends, you'll love this latest Issue of Still: The Journal, not because I have three new poems in it, but because of all the brilliant offerings collected from some of the best and finest poets we are blest to have. It's such good company!
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In my perspective, all these books are winners. So, if you're looking to expand your diverse poetry collection, here's a good start. To good reading!
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Four new prose poems up at LOLWE. If ever you find yourself in Kampala City or have been, you may bear witness to something like this: "The Goat, the City, the Embassy & Other Poems" Would love to hear your thoughts!
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We end the month with a lovely review of THE ANIMALS OF MY EARTH SCHOOL by Jeanne Griggs. Many thanks to Jeanne and Heavy Feather and Terrapin Books:
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Monday News! A new essay "Picking Wild Berries" and interview are up in the wonderful FORGE. You may read them here:
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I am honored and delighted to see THE ANIMALS OF MY EARTH SCHOOL on this remarkable list! #NotableAfricanBooks2023
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Mildred Kiconco Barya What an honor to speak with New England Review about cultural mythologies and Poetics of Transmutation! via @NERweb
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Happy to share my poem in the potent Annulet: "Seven of Dragons"
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Happy Friday! I am thrilled to share three new poems hot off the press here:
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Happy to share a new poem "You Are Here--on a Map" published in the Braided Way. Enjoy!
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Look what I’ve found in my mailbox! Such a gorgeous anthology. Glad to be in the company of great nourishment.
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I am excited to share with you a poem from my latest manuscript HANDS IN CLAY published in Orca. You may read it here: "The Future"
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