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Explore the captivating work of this
Christian Appalachian Transgender woman
who uses her voice to inspire and empower.
Explore the captivating work of this
Christian Appalachian Transgender woman
who uses her voice to inspire and empower.
Barbara Marie Minney, a native of West Virginia and a seventh generation Appalachian, is an award-winning poet, writer, speaker, teaching artist, guest reader/editor, and quiet activist. Her powerful poetry and essays have been featured in prestigious publications such as Politico, The Buckeye Flame, The Gasconade Review, Gargoyle Magazine, The Pine Cone Review, Women Speak: Women of Appalachia Project, Woman Scream: The International Poetry Anthology of Female Voices, and I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing, Ohio's Appalachian Voices.
Barbara is the author of four poetry collections: If There’s No Heaven, the winner of the 2020 Poetry Is Life Book Award and an Akron Beacon Journal Best Northeast Ohio Book in 2020; the Poetic Memoir Chapbook Challenge (2021); Dance Naked With God (2023); and A Woman in Progress (winner of the 2024 American Fiction Award for Poetry Chapbook and an Eric Hoffer Award Nominee). Barbara is a retired attorney, and lives in Tallmadge, Ohio, with her wife of over 43 years and a menagerie of stuffed animals.
Explore the captivating work of this transgender woman who uses her voice to inspire and empower.
LISTEN TO BARBARA'S CONVERSATION WITH JUANITA E. MANTZ PELAEZ ON "LIFE WITH JEM!"
It's up! The most recent episode of The Life of JEM: Writers on Writing podcast! I interview Barbara Marie Minney, author of "A Woman in Progress"! So epic!
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JEM interviews Writer Barbara Marie Minney, author of multiple poetry collections, the most recent a chapbook titled "A Woman in Progress". Barbara reads many of her gorgeous and powerful poems and she and JEM have an inspiring and illuminating conversation about craft, poetry as memoir and the importance of Barbara's poetic voice as a transgender woman. This discussion is a must listen.
Get her most recent book here: https://sheilanagigblog.com/barbara-marie-minney-woman/
“A Woman in Progress,” has been honored by the 2024 American Fiction Awards as the winner in the Poetry Chapbook Category!
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Akron, OH, USA
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