Education

MFA, Creative Writing/Poetry, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MA, English, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
BA, English Writing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Publications 

• “My Mother as Walden Pond,” F(r)iction Literary Journal (an imprint of Brink Literacy Project), 2020 
• “A Rise Beyond Wanting,” Cordella Magazine, Rebellion, 2020  
• “Volta,” Other Terrain Journal, Australia, 2017 
• “My Mother as Walden Pond” and “Diaspora in F Major,” Backstory, Australia, 2017
• “Wild Fennel,” “My Father’s Remains,” “Raspberries,” “Near the Ocean’s Edge” and “After Singing Midnight Mass,” Poethead, Ireland, 2017 
• “Pantoum for My Mother,” Mslexia, UK, 2017 
• “Starving with Bobby Sands,” The Stinging Fly, Ireland, 2017 
• “Finding My Bearings in Picasso’s Blue Period” and “White Girl’s Sonnet for Barack Obama,” And Other Poems, UK, 2016 

Learn more at www.tessbarrypoet.com

Professional Memberships

• Academy of American Poets 
• Association of Writers and Writing Programs