Barrie Jean Borich
Barrie Jean Borich | |
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| Occupation | Memoirist, academic |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1990s-present |
| Notable works | My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Body Geographic |
| Spouse | Linnea Stenson[1] |
Barrie Jean Borich is an American writer. She is best known for her memoirs My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage,[2] which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2000 and was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Lesbian Biography at the 12th Lambda Literary Awards, and Body Geographic,[2] which won the Lambda for Lesbian Biography/Memoir at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards.[3]
Originally from Chicago, Illinois,[1] she spent much of her adult life living in Minneapolis, Minnesota until returning to Chicago in 2012 to teach creative writing at DePaul University.[1]
Works[edit]
- Restoring the Color of Roses (1993, ISBN 978-1563410277)
- My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage (1999, ISBN 978-1555973100)
- Body Geographic (2013, ISBN 978-0803239852)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Following her inner compass". Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2014.
- ^ a b "Barrie Jean Borich writes a tale of two cities". Minneapolis Post, March 14, 2013.
- ^ "Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books". The Washington Post, June 2, 2014.
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Categories:
- American memoirists
- American lesbian writers
- Living people
- Writers from Chicago
- Lambda Literary Award winners
- Stonewall Book Award winners
- DePaul University faculty
- Lesbian memoirists
- American women memoirists
- LGBT people from Illinois
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Lesbian academics
- American women academics
- 21st-century American LGBT people