Barbara Wiedemann Explained

Barbara Wiedemann
Birth Date:	30 October 1945
Birth Place:	Somerville, New Jersey

Barbara Wiedemann (born October 30, 1945) is an American poet. She has published four books of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals. She is the author of one monograph and co-editor of two critical studies. She was formerly a professor of English literature at Auburn University at Montgomery.^[1]

Early life

Barbara Wiedemann was born on October 30, 1945, and grew up in upstate New York. She received her Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.^[1]

Poetry

Wiedemann has published poems in a number of journals, including Kaleidoscope, Kerf, Poetry Motel, and Acorn. Four of her collections were published by Finishing Line Press: Half-Life of Love (2008), Sometime in October (2013), Death of a Pope and Other Poems (2012), and Desert Meditations (2018).^{[1] [2]}

Critical studies

Wiedemann has authored a critical study, Josephine Herbst's Short Fiction: A Window to Her Life and Times, on the work of Josephine Herbst, the radical American writer, and is the co-editor of two books, Short Fiction: A Critical Companion and "My Name Was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem. The latter is the first edition of a 1632 autobiographical poem, 110 lines long, by Martha Moulsworth—one of the first such poems in English, which was included in the seventh edition of the Norton Anthology of English Literature.^[3]

Her essay on Hélène Cixous and Marguerite Duras, "The Search for an Authentic Voice: Hélène Cixous and Marguerite Duras", was reprinted in the collection Marguerite Duras Lives On.^[4]

Selected works

• Book: Wiedemann, Barbara . Desert Meditations . Finishing Line Press . 2018 . 978-1-63534-440-0.
• Book: Wiedemann, Barbara . The Death of a Pope and Other Poems . Finishing Line Press . 2013 . 978-1-62229-318-6.
• Book: Wiedemann, Barbara . Sometime in October . Finishing Line Press . 2010 . 978-1-59924677-2.
• Book: Wiedemann , Barbara . Half-Life of Love . Finishing Line Press . 2008 . 978-1-59924-144-9. (poetry).^[5]
• Book: Wiedemann , Barbara . Josephine Herbst's Short Fiction: A Window to Her Life and Times . . 1998 . 978-1-57591-007-9 . registration . (monograph).
• Book: Evans , Robert C. . Anne Little . Barbara Wiedemann . Short Fiction: A Critical Companion . Locust Hill Press . 1997 . West Cornwall . 978-0-933951-73-0 . registration . (edited collection).
• Book: Evans , Robert C. . Barbara Wiedemann . "My Name Was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem . Locust Hill Press . 1993 . West-Cornwall . (monograph).^[6]

External links

• • Web site: Evans . Robert C. . Barbara Wiedemann . 'My Name Was Martha': A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem . Locust Hill Press . 1993 . 2009-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20090723070514/http://us.geocities.com/benjonsonjournal/myname.html. 2009-07-23. Online edition, with minor revisions.

Notes and References

1. News: AUM English professor's new book chronicles death of pope, life in Italy. August 29, 2013. July 19, 2017.
2. News: Q&A: Author says poets should trust their own voice . Evans . Bob . 19 October 2012 . . 24 October 2012 .
3. Martha Moulsworth, "The Memorandum of Martha Moulsworth, Widow," in Book: Abrams, M. H. . Norton Anthology of English Literature . 7 . 1 . Norton . 2000 . New York . 1552–55, A–30 . 978-0-393-97566-6.
4. Book: Ricouart, Janine . Marguerite Duras Lives On . UP of America . 1998 . 978-0-7618-1206-7.
5. Reviewed in Web site: Latham . Irene . Rev. of Barbara Wiedemann, Half-Life of Love . Alabama Writers' Forum . September 2008 . 2016-03-28.
6. For reviews of the book, see Norbrook . David . Rev. of "My Name was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem . . 41 . 4 . 566 . . Oxford . December 1994 . 10.1093/nq/41-4-566a . and Haslem . Lori Schroeder . Rev of "My Name Was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem . . 49 . 1 . 170–171 . Spring 1996 . 10.2307/2863301 . 2863301 . 164113362 .