After Naming the Animals

“Distinguished Favorite” by the “Independent Press Awards”

“Barbara Ungar’s latest collection, fiercer and funnier than ever, defends the planet and gives us the heart to join her in the fight. Celebration of our most startling animal cohabitants matches her insight into the human foibles that have brought us so near the brink of extinction, all with such originality that we can only feel the joy of creation and a determination to protect what matters most: this extraordinary world, and each other.”

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Barbara Ungar is the author of six poetry collections: After Naming the Animals (The Word Works, 2024); Save Our Ship (Ashland Poetry P, 2019); Immortal Medusa (The Word Works, 2015); Charlotte Brontë, You Ruined My Life (The Word Works, 2011); The Origin of the Milky Way, (Gival P, 2007); and Thrift (Word Tech, 2005). Professor emerita from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, she holds degrees from Stanford (BA), City College, CUNY (MA), and The Graduate Center, CUNY (PhD). Her poems have appeared in Scientific American, Rattle, Salmagundi, Southern Indiana Review, Pedestal, Crazyhorse, and many other journals and anthologies. Her honors include the Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press, the Gival Poetry Prize, a silver IPPY (Independent Publishers award), a Hoffer award, Distinguished Favorite at the Independent Press Awards, and twice being named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of the year. She has read widely, including at The Dodge Poetry Festival, The Poetry Society of America, and Poets House. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Bulgarian. The author of Haiku in English and three chapbooks, she traveled around the world for several years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Immortal Medusa
Audiobook Available

Saturday, April 26, 11 am – 4 pm
4th Annual Poem-a-thon
2:10 pm: Reading by Barbara Ungar
5 pm: 3rd Annual Michael Perkins Poetry Prize Award Ceremony and Reading.
Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock, NY 12498, 845-679-2213

Saturday, May 10, 3 pm
EST: W-E (West-East) Poets of the Pandemic with Lynn McGee and Sarah Giragosian (virtual)

Sunday, May 11, (Time TBA)
Jewish Poets Collective (virtual) 

Saturday, May 31, 3:15 – 4:15 pm
“Science in Poetry / Poetry in Science” reading, with Jackie Craven, Sarah Giragosian, and Maggie Greaves Osgur at the National Park Service Auditorium. Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Salem, MA.

Saturday, June 14, 1 pm
DiBiase Prize Reading
Honest Weight Coop Community Room, 100 Watervliet Ave., Albany, NY

Friday, July 11, 5 pm
Rockwell Falls Public Library, 19 Main Street, PO Box 400, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846, 518-403-4116

September 7 – 12
Fall Writersfest
Pyramid Life Center, Paradox Lake, NY

Friday, October 3, 6 – 9 pm
Saratoga Book Festival Book Fair, with Jackie Craven
Universal Preservation Hall, Saratoga Springs, NY

Sunday, October 19 (Time TBA)
Poetry and Music Salon, with Maggie Greaves Ozgur and Molly Aronson
Saratoga Springs, NY

Thursday, November 6, 7 pm 
Maatwale Reading (virtual)