Barbara Henning’s new book of poems, Digigram, chronicles a dreary year, the abominable 2016, yet it is full of insights by an aware observer who takes the time to look. These poems are so good, they make the ordinary day to day extraordinary.
In the Vimeo below, at her home across from Prospect Park, Barbara settled down to read from Digigram. We were both doing other things and running around, but I’m glad we got it done because these poems offer optimism to the reader and listener; in the middle of creation is the will to go on. Enjoy.
https://vimeo.com/576250075
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You can check Barbara Henning out on her website:
www.barbarahenning.com
Reviews and Interviews:
Carla Scarano D’Antonio. “Barbara Henning’s Digigram,” The Temz Review, #15, Spring 2021.
Jim Feast. “Thought Interruptions, an Interview of Barbara Henning,” Rain Taxi. Online Edition, Summer 2021.
Ryan Nowlin. “Tracking Daily Life: Barbara Henning’s Digigram is Uncommon and Revelatory,” Boog City, #139, Feb 2021.
Ryan Nowlin. “What is the Young Poet to Do? An Interview with Barbara Henning.” Boog City, #139, Feb 2021.
Jim Feast. “Review of Digigram,” Fifth Estate Anarchist Review of Books, Winter 2021.
Rob McClennon. Review of Digigram, September 14, 2020.
Barbara Henning