Lynne Barrett
Lynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories.
Background
Born and raised in New Jersey, she received a B.A. in English Composition from Mount Holyoke College and her M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Career
Her story, “Elvis Lives”, was awarded the 1991
She wrote the libretto for the children's opera Cricketina. She has co-edited a collection of James M. Cain's nonfiction and Birth: A Literary Companion, an anthology of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about becoming a parent. She founded Gulf Stream Magazine and went on to edit it from 1989–2002.
Her essay "What Editors Want",[11] published by The Review Review, earned coverage in the L.A. Times Book Blog "Jacket Copy" and the New Yorker's "The Book Bench" blog. It was republished in Glimmer Train's "Bulletin".
Barrett's third book Magpies won the 2011 Florida Book Award Gold Medal for general fiction.[12]
Barrett is founder and editor of The Florida Book Review[13] and Professor of English at Florida International University where she teaches in the M.F.A. program in Creative Writing.
Works
- The Land of Go (short stories) (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1988)
- The Secret Names of Women (short stories) (Carnegie Mellon, 1999), a BookSense selection of the American Booksellers Association
- Magpies (short stories) (Carnegie Mellon, 2011), winner of the 2011 Florida Book Award Gold Medal for General Fiction
- Cricketina (opera libretto), with music composed by Dr. Kristine Burns, debuted at the FIU Music Festival, Nov. 15, 2003, Miami, FL
- The James M. Cain Cookbook, Guide to Home Singing, Physical Fitness and Animals (Especially Cats) (Carnegie Mellon 1988) ed. by Roy Hoopes and Lynne Barrett
- Birth: A Literary Companion (University of Iowa Press, 2002) ed by Kristin Kovacic and Lynne Barrett
Notes
- ^ Mabe, Chauncey (July 7, 1991). "Writers as Teachers: Lynne Barrett". Sun-Sentinel.
- ^ "NEA Literature Fellowships" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts. March 2006. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-12.
- ^ Henderson, Eleanor (January–February 2002). "Recent Winners". Poets & Writers. 30 (1). Archived from the original on April 16, 2002.
- ^ Lachman, Martin. "Prizes, Awards, and Nominations Given for Material Originally Published in EQMM". Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ Miami Noir
- ^ Baker, Eleanor Inge (June 27, 2010). "Book review: 'Delta Blues' Southern mystery anthology". Press-Register Correspondent.
- ^ "An interview with Lynne Barrett". Delta Blues Collection. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011.
- ^ Trouble in the Heartland contributors
- ^ Fifteen Views of Miami
- ^ "Millinery", Southern Women's Review.
- ^ Barrett, Lynne. "What Editors Want; A Must-Read for Writers Submitting to Literary Magazines". The Review Review. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ "Award Winners 2011". The Florida Book Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ "The Florida Book Review: About Us". 2014.
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