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Barbara Henning is the author of four novels and eight collections of poetry, her most recent are: a book of poems, Digigram (United Artists Books 2020) and a novel, Just Like That (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018). Prompt Book: Experiments for Writing Poetry and Fiction is forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil. Besides her fiction and poetry, she is also the author/editor of a book of interviews, Looking Up Harryette Mullen (Belladonna, 2011), and The Selected Prose of Bobbie Louise Hawkins (Blazevox, 2012). Her current project is a hybrid documentary on her mother’s life (news clips, fiction, biography, memoir, photos): Book of Ferne. Born in Detroit in 1948, Barbara Henning has lived in New York City since 1983. As a long-time yoga practitioner, she brings this knowledge and discipline to her writing and her teaching at Writers.com and Long Island University in Brooklyn, where she is Professor Emerita. See her website for more details: www.barbarahenning.com

Barbara's Classes

Poetic Prose: The Prose Poem

February 3, 2021 | $430 | 10 weeks

Explore the border between prose poetry and flash fiction. For writers of fiction, poetry, essay and memoir.

The Watching Eye: Writing Flash Fiction

March 24, 2021 | $285 | 5 Weeks

Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 3rd person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing. With Barbara Henning.

The Thinking Mind: Writing Flash Fiction

May 5, 2021 | $285 | 5 Weeks

Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 1st person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing.

From Journal To Poem Or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind

May 12, 2021 | $430 | 10 weeks

Gather material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes to develop into poems or prose works.

Flash Fiction: Writing the Short-Short Story

$430 | 10 weeks

Write 1–3-page flash fiction in this online course with Barbara Henning, drawing on classic, poetic & experimental elements. Read the form’s masters.

Private Study With Barbara

*Private Class | From Journal to Poem or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind

$460 | 10 to 14 Weeks

Gather material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes to develop into poems or prose works.