Clara Mae Barnhart is a poet and writer from Unadilla, a small town in the foothills of the Catskills in upstate NY. She earned a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University. In her free time she can be found eating chicken wings or roaming the woods with her four legged friends.

Her first book, Susie Susquehanna & The River Valley Blues, was published in 2021 by Main Street Rag Inc.

Recent Publications

Poetry:

“Cleaning Ladies,” The Treeman”, “Thirty-three Years.” The Shrew, edited by Heather Humphrey, Fall 2020.

“Trespassers.” Haunted Waters Press, edited by Susan Warren Utley, forthcoming 2020. 

“Glass Slipper,” “Azalea Campground.” Deep Wild: Writing From the Backcountry, anthology, 2020, edited by Heidi Blankenship

“Ride Along.” Best New Poets, New York State, Anthology, edited by Lynne Madrid, Z-Publishing. 2019.

“Dry Spell.” Manzano Mountain Review, Issue 2, Spring 2018.

“Bachelors.” FishFood, edited by Joanne Raymond.  Spring 2017.

“China Cabinets,” “Matching.” Paterson Literary Review, editing my Maria Gillan. 2017

“We Were Always the Good.” Timberline Review. Summer 2016.

“Farmhand.” The Comstock Review 30th anniversary edition, edited by Elizabeth Anderson. Spring 2017.

“Good Stock.” Best New Poets, New York State, Anthology, edited by Lynne Madrid, Z-Publishing. Fall 2017.

“Hell of Nose,” “28 and a half,” “Azalea Campground.” Streetlight Press, edited by Kristen Williamson. May 2018. Revised.

“Feast.” Louisiana Literature, 2017

Prose/Hybrid:

“Corn Valley Recollections.” Gravel, edited by Johnathan Chad Fincher. Summer 2017.

“Lines of Light.” RiverTeeth Beautiful Things Column, edited by Cassy Brown. January 2017.