Barbara Daniels
Books Rose Fever: Poems by Barbara Daniels (Cincinnati: WordTech, 2008).
Persuasive Writing (with David Daniels). New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
English Grammar (with David Daniels). New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
Chapbook The Woman Who Tries to Believe. Lexington, KY: Wind Publications, 1996.
Winner of the Quentin R. Howard Prize
Poems in “Fundamentals: For Jacob Landau,” Out of Line: Fiction, Poetry, Essays Searching for
Anthologies Peace and Justice, ed. Sam Longmire, Trenton, OH: Garden House Press, 2008.
“Periwinkle,” “Begging,” and “The Cancer Patient Addresses Her Husband,”
Alternatives to Surrender, ed. Martin Willitts, Austin TX: Plain View Press, 2007.
“Metamorphosis,” The Gift of Experience: Atlanta Review Tenth Anniversary
Anthology, ed. Daniel Veach. Atlanta GE: Poetry Atlanta, 2005.
“The Cancer Patient Addresses Her Husband,” 25: Women’s Perspectives, ed. Therese
Halscheid, Haddon Township NJ: Camden County Cultural & Heritage
Commission, 2003.
“Mark on a Mirror” and “Finding the Way Out,” We Used to Be Wives, ed. Jane Butkin
Roth. Santa Barbara CA: Fithian Press, 2002.
“Seeing in the Dark,” Sightings: Poems on Discovery, Islip NY: Live Poets Society,
1999.
“You Must Be Happy,” Whispering World (internet e-book), Centreville MI: A/A
Productions, 1998.
Poetry Poems have been accepted by Melusine, Seven CirclePress, Iguana Review,
Accepted jerseyworks, MO: Voices from the River, ChickenpiÔata, and
Philadelphia Poets.
Poetry “The Egofish” and “Trace” Getting Something Read (internet) December 2008.
“More Joy,” Chest: The Journal of American Chest Physicians November 2008
(Vol. 1f34, No. 5).
“Water Door,” Rougarou (internet) Fall 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 1).
“Skyward,” “Skin,” and “Putting the Guns Away, Moria (internet) 2008.
“Call Now,” Use These Words (internet) 2008 (Vol. 1).
“Blue Angels,” Parlour (internet) 2008.
“Backwash,” Connecticut River Review 2008.
“The Butcher,” Karamu (Vol. 21, No. 1) Spring 2008.
“The Earring” and “The Drowned Man,” Shaking like a Mountain (internet)
Spring 2008.
“Dark Blood,” Slab 2008 (Vol. 3).
“April Ends,” White Pelican Review 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 1)
“What War Was,” The Externalist: A Journal of Perspectives (internet) December
2007 (Vol. 5).
“Aunt Lee’s Last Year,” Conte (internet) 2007 (Vol. 3, No. 2).
“Wrinkly,” Origami Condom (internet) 2007 (Vol. 4).
“Drawing,” “The Surge,” and “Confounded,” New Verse News (internet) 2007.
“Walking the Farm on Sunday,” The Tipton Review (print and internet) Fall 2007
(No. 7).
“Foxgloves,” The Literary Review Summer 2007 (Vol. 50, No. 4).
“Water” and “Year of the Drought,” Pisgah Review Summer 2007 (Vol. 2, No. 1).
“As Far as Darling Street,” “Charring,” and “What Love Is,” Parva Sed Apta (internet)
2007.
“Crows,” Blueline 2007 (Vol. 28).
“Chemo,” Skidrow Penthouse Spring 2007 (No. 8).
“Divination,” The Dos Passos Review 2007 (Vol. 4, No. 1).
“Bumpy Nick,” Pinyon Spring 2007 (No. 16).
“The Language of Gravity,” and “Weather,” Ellipsis 2007 (Vol. 43).
“Saturday Morning” and “What a Husband Shouldn’t Know,” Bent Pin Quarterly
(internet) 2007.
“Deep Sleep,” Coe Review Fall 2006 (Vol. 37, No. 1).
“Dies Irae” and “An End to Diseases of the Mouth,” Hiss Quarterly (internet) 2006
(Vol. 3, No. 4).
“Adultery,” Barrelhouse 2006 (No. 3).
“I’m Told God Counts the Sparrows,” Conte (internet) 2006 (Vol. 2, No. 2).
“Ready to Fall,” poemmemoirstory 2006 (No. 6).
“What Stones Teach,” Blueline 2006 (Vol. 27).
“Gegenschein,” Slant: A Journal of Poetry Summer 2006 (Vol. 20).
“Atlantic City Winter,” Journal of New Jersey Poets 2006 (Vol. 43).
“Frass,” The Louisville Review Spring 2006 (No. 59).
“Most of the World’s Water Is Locked Into Ice,” and “Behind Bayside Tavern,” Tattoo
Highway (internet) 2006 (Vol. 12).
“Dreams Mean Nothing,” Natural Bridge Spring 2006 (No. 15).
“Solitaire,” White Pelican Review Spring 2006 (Vol. 7, No. 1).
“Laurel Road,” Four Corners Spring 2006 (Vol. 3).
“Television, 1955,” “Assorted Hurts,” and “Running,” Frigg (internet) Spring 2006.
“Spring Thaw” and “Be Breath,” Animus Winter / Spring 2006 (Vol. 17).
“What Saves You,” Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature 2006 (No. 4).
“You Won’t Need Shoes,” Main Channel Voices (print and internet versions) Winter
2006 (Vol. 2, No. 1).
“Dragonflies,” Common Ground Review Fall / Winter 2005 (Vol. 7, No. 2)
“The Needle’s Path,” Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts Fall 2005 (Vol. 21).
“Meditation,” Birmingham Poetry Review Summer / Fall 2005 (No. 31).
“Bare,” Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts Fall 2004 (No. 19).
“The Tear Receptacle,” Edison Review Fall 2004 (Vol. 4, No. 1).
“A Mathematician Visits Harrahs,” jerseyworks.com Fall 2004.
“Brightness,” and “Roadside Crosses,” Buckle &, Fall / Winter 2003 (Vol. 11).
“After Dad’s Death,” Atlanta Review, Fall / Winter 2003 (Vol. 10, No. 1).
“Night Riding,” Arbutus Online Literary Journal, Summer 2003.
“Tongues,” Lifeboat: A Journal of Memoir, Spring 2003 (Vol. 2, No. 1).
“Mountain Laurel,” Freshwater 2003.
“For Three Months I Couldn’t Read,” California Quarterly 2003 (Vol. 29, No. 3).
“Lesson” and “Ways to Drown,” Full Circle (print and internet editions) 2003.
“Current Events,” Sea Change 2003 (Vol. 4).
“What Animals Learn,” Off the Coast 2003 (Vol. 9, No. 1).
“Begging,” and “Lucille Clifton: An Appreciation,” Bma Spring 2002 (Vol. 7, No. 2).
“Halo Bolt,” Poet Lore 2002 (Vol. 97, Nos. 3 / 4).
“Months after a Death,” Drexel Online Journal 2002.
“First” and “How I Plan to Die,” Coal City Review 2002 (No. 17).
“Metamorphosis,” Atlanta Review Spring/ Summer 2002 (Vol. 8, No. 2).
“Decree,” RiverSedge Spring 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 2).
“Less,” Many Mountains Moving 2002 (Vol. 5, No. 1).
“The Purple Glove,” US 1 Worksheets (print and internet editions) 2002 (Vol. 44 / 45).
“Time Change,” New Zoo Poetry Review 2002 (Vol. 5).
“Don’t Ask Me,” “Necessity,” and “Ghost Net,” Pink Cadillac Winter 2002
(Vol. 5, No. 4).
“The Orange Blanket,” The Schuylkill Valley Journal Fall 2001 (No. 13).
“Haunted Houses,” Illya’s Honey 2001 (Vol. 7, No. 1).
“Mallards,” MJlange (print and internet editions) July 2001 (Vol. 3, No. 2).
“Glory” and “July,” Eclipse Fall 2001 (Vol. 12, No.1).
“At the Viking Hotel” and “Wake,” Concrete Wolf Summer 2001 (Vol. 1, No. 2).
“The Courtship of Sleep,” The Griffin 2001.
“New Lows” and “Projecting the Voice,” Diner Spring / Summer 2001 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
“Homecoming,” Faultline 2001 (Vol. 10).
“Black Nail Polish,” Slant: A Journal of Poetry Summer 2001 (Vol. 15).
“Beaufort’s Scale,” Pif May 2001 (No. 48).
“Periwinkle,” Drexel Online Journal 2001.
“The Names of Snow,” The Cortland Review February 2001 (No. 15).
“Waking,” The Mid-America Poetry Review Winter 2000-2001 (Vol. 1, No. 3).
“Conjugations,” The Green Hills Literary Lantern 2000 (Vol. 11).
“At an All-Night Café in Omaha,” Artisan: A Journal of Craft November 2000
(Vol. 6, No. 2).
“Vulture Tries to Count Her Sins” and “The Woman from Collis Potter Park,”
Soundings East Fall / Winter 2000 (Vol. 23, No. 1).
“After Church,” Black Bear Review (print and internet editions) Fall / Winter 2000
(Vol. 31).
“Comfort” and “Notes on the Translation,” Argestes Fall 2000 (Vol. 3).
“Screamer,” Ibbetson Street Press September 2000.
“Among Bright Leaves,” The Adirondack Review (internet) Summer 2000.
“Desire,” White Pelican Review Spring 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
“Sleep Is a Slow River,” Blueline 2000 (Vol. 21).
“Rose Fever,” University of Pennsylvania Kelly Writers House Archive of Visiting
Writers (internet) January 2000.
“The Gift,” Confluence 1999 (Vol. 10).
“September Picnic,” California Quarterly 1999 (Vol. 25, No.2).
“Yard Kills” and “Watching the Weather,” Chachalaca Poetry Review Fall 1999
(Vol. 2, No.1).
“Dark Flowers” and “April Snow,” The Comstock Review Spring 1999
(Vol. 13, No. 1).
“Polio Summer,” The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review January 1999 (Vol. 8, No. 4).
“Escaping the Body,” Columbia Review 1998 (Vol. 29).
“Calling My Husband’s Name,” Fresh Ground 1998 (No. 6).
“The Scissors,” Water-Stone 1998 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
“The Dialectic,” Flint Hills Review 1998 (Vol. 3).
“Donna,” Rhino: The Poetry Forum 1998.
“Remains,” Northeast Corridor 1997-98 (Vol. 5).
“Leaving Colorado,” The Cape Rock Fall 1997 (Vol. 32, No. 2).
“The Mermaid and the Platypus,” The Seattle Review 1997 (Vol. 19, No. 1).
“Coupled,” Kalliope 1997 (Vol. 19, No. 1) and Kalliope’s Secrets! sound cassette.
“After Love,” The Poet’s Attic Quarterly (internet) 1997.
“On Not Going Blind,” Steam Ticket: A Third Coast Review Fall 1997 (Vol. 3).
“Another Day,” Pleiades Fall 1997 (Vol. 18, No. 1)
“The Killing Season,” American Poetry Monthly October 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 2).
“Charles, Dying” and “The Kids Speak,” Main Street Rag Poetry Journal Fall 1997
(Vol. 2, No. 3).
“Smoke,” The Acorn Autumn 1997 (Vol. 18).
“To a Friend Confined to Bed,” The Burning Cloud Review 1997 (Vol. 1, No. 4).
“Patience,” Rockhurst Review Spring 1997 (Vol. 10).
“Last Walk along Sicklerville Road,” Red Rock Review Spring 1997.
“Drought to Continue, Experts Report,” The William and Mary Review 1997 (Vol. 35).
“Arches, Utah” and “Reading the Storm Bottle,” Baybury Review 1997 (Vol. 1).
“Birds in My Bedroom,” Willow Review Spring 1997 (Vol. 24).
“Learning the Trees,” Black River Review 1997.
“Weed Bouquet,” The Green Hills Literary Lantern 1996 (Vol. 7).
“Finding the Way Out,” The Laurel Review Winter 1996 (Vol. 30, No. 1).
“All Fall Down,” Behind Bars Winter 1996 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
“Elspeth, Age Seven,” Onion River Review Fall 1996 (Vol. 3, No. 1).
“Pink,” Pinyon Poetry Fall 1996 (Vol. 2).
“A Sense of Direction,” Slant: A Journal of Poetry Summer 1996 (Vol. 10).
“Why I Like to Fly,” Sylvia Summer 1996.
“Ash,” Poet Lore Spring 1996 (Vol. 91, No. 1).
“Our Year Apart,” Many Mountains Moving 1996 (Vol. 2, No. 5).
“Take This,” Blue Violin January 1996.
“Clay City” and “Common Faults in Oil Painting,” Half Tones to Jubilee Fall 1995.
“Star Dancing,” Maryland Poetry Review Spring/Summer 1995 (Vol. 14).
“The Woman Who Tries to Believe” and “This Is a Practice Planet,”
Massachusetts Review Spring 1995 (Vol. 36, No. 1).
“Desire,” The Lucid Stone Spring 1995 (Vol. 1).
“The Cook’s Birthday,” Paper Boat 1995 (Vol. 2, No. 2).
“The Invented Self,” Poetpourri Spring 1995 (Vol. 9, No. 1).
“I Stole Your Book,” Outerbridge 1994 (Vol. 25).
“Sleep Will Feed the Geese,” Coastal Forest 1994 (Vol. 2).
“Advice from the Mailman” and “City of Skins,” The New Jersey Review of
Literature Summer 1994 (Vol. 1, No. 3).
“The Fortune Teller,” Four Quarters Spring 1994 (Vol. 8, No. 1).
“The Circulation of the Blood,” Thema Winter 1993 / 1994 (Vol. 6, No. 2).
“During the Prelude,” Footwork: Paterson Literary Review 1993 (Vol. 23).
“When the Young Die,” Teaching English in the Two-Year College Oct. 1993
(Vol. 21, No. 3).
“After the Quarrel,” Journal of New Jersey Poets Autumn 1993 (Vol. 15, No. 2).
“Read the World with Your Body,” North Essex Review Fall 1993 (Vol. 4, No. 2).
“Summer's Island, 1993,” American Writing 1993 (Vol. 7).
“Repose,” Janus Spring 1993 (Vol. 1, No. 1).
“The Bear,” Four Quarters Spring 1993 (Vol. 7, No. 1).
“The Ordinary Destination” and “Just Looking,” Four Quarters Spring 1992
(Vol. 6, No. 1).
“Losing the Farm,” Four Quarters Fall 1991 (Vol. 5, No. 2).
“The Little Mother,” College English Notes Fall 1991 (Vol. 18, No. 1).
Pedagogy “Laugh Lines: Incorporating Laughter into the Creative Writing Classroom,”
Papers presented at the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Austin, TX,
March 2006, and published in Pedagogy Papers 2006.
“The Secret Lives of Characters,” presented at the Associated Writing Programs
Conference in Chicago, IL, March 2004, and published in In the Company of
Writers Teaching: The Pedagogy Papers 2004.
“She Only Looks Evil: Advice to Next Year’s Students,” presented at the
Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore, MD, February 2003,
and published in Creative Writing / Creative Teaching: The 2003 AWP
Pedagogy Papers.
“Adopting a Class,” presented at the Associated Writing Programs Conference in New
Orleans, LA, and published in Creative Writing/ Creative Teaching: The 2002
AWP Pedagogy Papers.
“Sneak Teaching: Workshops in English Composition 101,” presented at the Associated
Writing Programs Conference in Kansas City, MO, and published in The 2000
AWP Pedagogy Papers.
“Write to Me,” presented at the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Portland,
OR, and published in The 1999 Pedagogy Papers.
Honors
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio
Center,
2008
Honorable mention for the Ellipsis Prize, 2007
New Jersey State Council Fellowship in Poetry, 2005
Markheim Applause Award, Markheim Art Center, Haddonfield, New Jersey, 2003
Nominated by Coal City Review for a Pushcart Prize, 2001
First Prize, Art in the Air Poetry Contest, radio station WPON, Detroit, MI,
September 2001
Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts / Department
of State, 1998
Excellence in Teaching Award, Camden County College, 1996
Poetry Mentorship, Poetry Center at the Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
Richard E. Lautz Poetry Award, Four Quarters, 1992
President, New Jersey College English Association, 1989-1990
Summer Institute Fellow, Center for the Study of Writing in New Jersey, 1989
Poetry Kelly Writers House, the University of Pennsylvania; Rutgers University, Camden, NJ;
Readings
Richard Stockton College; LaSalle University; Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor,
NJ;
Borders’
Bookstore, Marlton, NJ, and Philadelphia; Robin’s Bookstore,
Philadelphia;
Gershman
YM & YWHA, Philadelphia; West Deptford Public Library, NJ; Brookdale
Community
College; Hopkins House, Haddon Township, NJ; Ventnor City Cultural
Arts
Center; South Burlington Library, South Burlington, Vermont; Rosemont College,
Rosemont, PA, and elsewhere
Education 1999 MFA in Poetry, Vermont College of Norwich University
1979-1990 Graduate work (13 credits), Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
1975 Finished requirements (except a dissertation) for a doctorate in
English and American literature (72 credits), New York University
1972 MA in English and American literature, New York University
1966 BA in English and Spanish, Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA
Teaching Staff, Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway, Cape May, NJ, 2000, 2002-2009.
Presenter, Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, 2008.
Professor of English, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ, 1976-2008.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, The Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ,
fall 2003.
Judge, Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, 2003-2007.
Panelist and Roundtable Leader, The Health of Women: Where Literature and Medicine
Meet, Atlantic City Medical Center, 2003.
Faculty, Spring Writer’s Conference, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 2000.
Faculty, Summer Writer’s Conference, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, 1998, 2005.
Freelance Townsend Press, Vorhees, NJ 1986-1990
Writing Visual Education Corporation, Princeton, NJ 1975-1988