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Who is Deborah Barrett
Deborah Barrett is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, a lover of nature, and an amateur photographer.
She is a professor in the practice of writing and communication at Rice University in Houston, where she teaches creative writing and literature. She has a PhD in English from Rice and a BA and MA in English from the University of Houston. She has published creative nonfiction, poetry, and scholarly articles on literature, communication, and leadership, and a textbook, Leadership Communication.
Currently, Deborah is working on publishing a book of her poetry and a novel, and participating in the Circle of Wise Women Poets.
Many of her creative nonfiction essays are published as Deborah Burch-Lavis.
Selected Awards and Publications
Recent Awards
John Freeman Faculty Teaching Award, GLS Program, Rice University, 2019
Accepted as Contributor to Bread Loaf Writers Conference for poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction
Selected Publications
"The Peacocks and the Sisters," Soul-Lit, Summer 2024.
"To Reach the Lyre's Strings," SIEVA Magazine, Vol 1, 2023.
The Desert Speaks to the Dreamer, Poetry Chapbook, Finishing Line Press, 2019.
"Max's Story," Historic Heights Living Magazine, 2018
"The Waiting Room," Harmony: Humanities Magazine from the Program in Medical Humanities, 2016
"Am I my Sister's Daughter," Siblings, Muse Write Press, 2015
"The Last Christmas," Shifts, Wising Up Press, 2014, USA Best Book Awards Finalist.
Leadership Communication, 4th edition, 2014.
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