For those interested in reading my work, check out my most recent publications. They are full of the Southern Gothic and what it’s like to live here in South.
I do like to consider myself a Southern writer, mainly because I write about the place I’m from, the place I am in. It feels good, even in my very small way, to be linked to writers like Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, Rick Bragg, Barry Hannah, and, of course, William Faulkner. As much as I like fast-paced cities like New York, I think Southern writers take their time, even when writing action. I think we have the time to reflect, and let’s face it: look around the South. We live in a region where even tiny towns can have Elvis Pressley Blvd’s and not care that they have been misspelling the King’s name for all these years. All writers observe, notice their surroundings. I guess I just like what I’m seeing more, think we have more gothic weirdness to observe.
Essays
- “The Fool On The Hill”–https://sicklitmagazine.com/2017/05/30/fool-on-the-hill-by-terry-barr/
- Longshot Island Press Published my new Story about Bessemer–http://www.longshotisland.com/2017/05/28/this-is-nowhere-everybody-knows/
- “The Chah Chah Plays Forever”–http://www.ajimagazine.com/uploads/2/2/2/8/22289112/ajimagazinespring2017.pdf
- New Story in Left Hooks Journal–http://www.lefthooks.net/2017/04/08/mommy-and-her-persian-family-what-its-like-for-recent-immigrants-in-trumps-america/
- New Essay on Midnight Cowboy/Defiant Ones/Dallas Buyer’s Club–http://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2017/1/28/film-dallas-boys-and-other-defiant-ones-terry-barr
- “A Woman by Any Other Name” — Cicatrix Publishing
- “Rebel Yell” — The Courtship of Winds
- “We Might as Well Eat” — South Writ Large
- “Blackbird, Bye-Bye” — Red Fez
- “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” — Quail Bell Magazine
Interviews
- “Interview with Terry Barr” — The 3288 Review
- “Terry Barr: How I Write” — Stepping Stones Magazine
- “I’m Always Revising” — PC Creative Writing Newsletter
- “Interview with Dr. Terry Barr” — PC News