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About MKB
Mildred Kiconco Barya is a North Carolina-based writer, educator, and poet of East African descent. She teaches and lectures globally, and is the author of four full-length poetry collections, most recently "The Animals of My Earth School" released by Terrapin Books, 2023. Her prose, hybrids, and poems have appeared in Shenandoah, Joyland, The Cincinnati Review, Tin House, New England Review, and elsewhere. She’s now working on a collection of creative nonfiction, and her essay, “Being Here in This Body”, won the 2020 Linda Flowers Literary Award and was published in the North Carolina Literary Review. She serves on the boards of African Writers Trust, Story Parlor, and coordinates the Poetrio Reading events at Malaprop’s Independent Bookstore/Café. She blogs here: www.mildredbarya.com
News: The Animals of My Earth-School Institute
I am very delighted to announce that my poetry collection, The Animals of My Earth-School Institute, is forthcoming from Terrapin Books, 2023. You can read a sample—Factors—published on poets.org.
Walking the Path
Another way of affirming this–by quoting Antonio Machado–the path is made by walking. In my morning pages today, Julia Cameron reminds me that “There is a path for each of us. When we are on the right path, we have a sure-footedness. We know the next right action… By trusting, we learn to trust.” I’d […]
August Poetrio Libation
Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets and hosted by poet Mildred Barya. This month, we welcome Poetrio: Crystal Stone, Sally Rosen Kindred, and Rick Mulkey. Click here to RSVP. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder email with the link required to attend. Like most of our events, […]
July Poetrio Libation
Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets and hosted by poet Mildred Barya. This month, we welcome Saddiq Dzukogi, Jen Karetnick, and Michael Hettich. Click here to RSVP to attend. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder email with the link required to attend. Like most of our events, […]
June Poetrio Libation
Excited once more to introduce three wonderful poets reading in June Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets hosted by yours truly. This month, we welcome Angela Narciso Torres, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, and Jehanne Dubrow. Click here to RSVP. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder email with the link required […]
“…a relentless attempt to express the inexpressible.”
May Highlights: 1. Finishing strong in spite of… (whichever way you interpret that). 2. Mating turkeys. The thrill of joy to watch strutting turkeys in my yard, full of pride (shame has no place here). 3. Mildred Barya in Conversation with Michael Hettich. I have the greatest pleasure to share with you this comprehensive interview titled: […]
Happy National Poetry Month!
Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets. This month, we welcome Petra Kuppers, Rodney Terich Leonard, and Kevin Prufer. Click here to RSVP for this event. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder email with the link required to attend. Like most of our Malaprop’s events, this event is […]
Mildred Barya with Malaprop’s March POETRIO Poets: Jesús Sepúlveda, Gianna Russo, and Aditi Machado
If you missed this wonderful reading, here’s the live recording, March 7, 2021 Click this link Brief Intros via their works Gianna Russo, One House Down. Gianna unsettles the past in One House Down. The poems in this book are packed with stories, filled with voices of people and their ghosts. History comes to life […]
March Poetrio is lined up for you, how exciting!
Join us once more on March 7, 2021 – 3:00pm EST Poetrio: Jesús Sepúlveda, Gianna Russo, and Aditi Machado Join us for our monthly poetry event featuring three poets. This month, we welcomeJesús Sepúlveda, Gianna Russo, Aditi Machado. Click here to RSVP for this event. On the day of the event, we will send a reminder […]
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