Rachel Barton

Rachel Barton, poet, writing coach, and editor, has been published in SALT, the Whale Road Review, Oregon English Journal, the Mom Egg Review, Sin Fronteras, the Main Street Rag, Moon City Review, CIRQUE, and more. She has taught poetry workshops independently and at Linn-Benton Community College, the Northwest Poets Concord, Willamette Writers on the River, and the Oregon Poetry Association Conference. She is the editor of Willawaw Journal, an online journal for poetry and art, and was a longstanding member of the editorial collective for the woman’s journal, Calyx. She is an associate editor for Cloudbank Magazine. Barton’s short stories have been published in BeZine, Kindred Journal, Blue Cubicle Press, Clackamas Literary Review. Her newest book, This is the Lightness was released by The Poetry Box and is also avaliable on Amazon. Her chapbooks, Out of the Woods, and Happiness Comes are available on her website: Rachel Barton Writer.com

Barton currently resides in the Willamette Valley of Oregon but has roots in northern Indiana, West Virginia, and Alaska.