Anita Marie Barnard (born 1960) is an American poet and visual artist working in
glass,
concrete, paint,
mosaic, and
collage.[1]
Over twenty-five of Barnard's poems have won recognition by judges and editors of poetry journals and literary magazines, most recently Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review and New Millennium Writings 2010. She has also edited several poetry anthologies.
(1990) Dreams & Nightmares published "Baptism" in issue no. 32.[4]
(1991) Midnight Zoo published "Hunter's Moon" and "The Hunt" in the January 1991 issue.[4]
(1991) Midnight Zoo published "To Ease the Terrors" and "Mistrust" in the March/April 1991 issue.[4]
(1991) Dreams & Nightmares published "False Thaw" in issue no. 34.[4]
(1995) The Lucid Stone published "Moving Toward Alexandria" in issue no. 2, Summer 1995.[5]
(2007) The Comstock Review awarded "Unwinding" Finalist distinction in their annual poetry contest for The Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award and published it in issue no. 21.2, Fall/Winter 2007.[6]
(2007) Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review published "My Daughter Talks to the Ants (I Have Just Tried to Poison)" in the Spring/Summer 2007 issue.[7]
(2007) Illya's Honey published "Rooting" and "Red" in issue no. 13, Spring/Summer 2007,[8] and nominated "Red" for the 2008
Pushcart Prize.[9]
(2007) Dos Gatos Press published "Marble Falls" in Texas Poetry Calendar 2008.[10]
(2008) Les Bonnes Fees published "Glass" in the November 2008 issue.[11]
(2009) New Millennium Writings awarded "Building With Straw" Honorable Mention distinction and published it in issue no. 19.[12]
(2014) Cosmic Teapot/Chris Johnson published "Alchemy" in the book A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy & Meaning in a World Without God.[15]
Poetry – publications
(1995) Blood Offerings, a blood themed anthology of poetry co-edited and published by Barnard and Michelle Rhea.[16] Barnard and Rhea were invited by the Dallas Poets Community to read from Blood Offerings at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary gallery in Dallas, Texas.[16]
(1997) Other Testaments: A Poetry Anthology (Volume 1: The Old Testament and Volume 2: The New Testament), an anthology of Biblical revisionist poetry co-edited and published by Rhea and Barnard.[17]
(2001) Sense of Touch: A Poetry Anthology, an anthology of erotic poetry co-edited and published by Barnard and Stephen Vanek.[18]
(2003) Above Us Only Sky: Atheist Poetry, an anthology co-edited and published by Rhea and Barnard.[19]
(2008) Above Us Only Sky: Atheist Poetry: Volume Two, an anthology co-edited and published by Rhea and Barnard.[20] Premiere readings took place in November, 2008 at the
Center for Inquiry—Los Angeles[citation needed] and in January, 2009 at the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara.[21]
(2009) The Venomed Kiss: Poems Of Childhood Emotional & Psychological Abuse, an anthology co-edited and published by Barnard and Rhea.[22]
(2013) On the Dark Path: An Anthology of Fairy Tale Poetry, an anthology edited and published by Barnard.[23]
Visual art – awards and recognition
(2005) Life After The Tale, collage, was accepted by Smithtown Township Arts Council (STAC) for a juried exhibition, Women, Words and Images, at the Mills Pond House Gallery,
St. James, New York.[24][25] Reviews of the exhibition appeared in
The New York Times and
Newsday.[26][27]
^Johnson, Chris, ed. (2014), A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy & Meaning in a World Without God, Cosmic Teapot/Chris Johnson,
ISBN978-0-9899360-0-2
^
abFowler, Jimmy (5 December 1996),
"Events for the week", Dallas Observer,
archived from the original on 15 April 2014, retrieved 14 December 2011
^Other Testaments: A Poetry Anthology (Volume 1: Old Testament and Volume 2: New Testament), 1997