Photo by David Wade (April 25, 2026)

Barbara Henning is the author of four novels and nine collections of poetry. Her most recent book, Girlfriend (Hanging Loose Press, 2025), is a collection of prose poems about her girl and women friends from childhood through older age. In 2023, the Library of Michigan awarded Henning a Notable Book Award for Ferne, a Detroit Story, a novelized biography of her mother and the city of Detroit (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022).

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Upcoming and Recent Events & Publications

• “Kathy” and “Emily,” rpt. from Girlfriend (Hanging Loose 2025), forthcoming in New American Writing 44 (2026). Print.

• “Allen,” “Bob,” “Tyrone” and “Cliff,” forthcoming in Hanging Loose Magazine (#120, 2026). Print.

• December 19, 2026. Reading for Hanging Loose Press, celebrating a new anthology. 7 pm at the Poet’s House at 10 River Plaza.

• “Dickens,” “Huck,” “Steve,” “Peter,” “Michah” and “Frank,” Marsh Hawk Review . Spring/Summer 2026.

• "Ray," "Rich" and "Dan," Heavy Feather Review,  September 16, 2026. Web.

• September 26, 2026, Saturday, 12:00 pm.Boog Festival Reading with a big group of poets at Block Hill Station, 718 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

• September 17, 2026, 7 pm.. Reading with Cliff Fyman and Elinor Nauen at Unnameable Books at 658 Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn,

• September 12, 2026. Reading for Live Mag! Celebrating the new issue at Tompkins Square Library, 2 pm. “Howie,” Live Mag!art and poetry journal 22 (2026). Print & Web.

• “Griffin”and “Lewis,” rpt. in Long News: Poetry & Poetics #3, Spring 2026. Web.

• April 25, 2026: Words in Music event, Portland Conservatory of Music, Portland, Maine

• “Bill,” “Kelly” and “Jesse”. The Poetry Project Newsletter 283 (Winter 2026). Print & Web.‍ ‍

• “Marvel,” “Griffin,” “David Snow,” “Lewis.”  Hurricane Review, #23, 2026, print.

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