Brunonia Barry





Brunonia Barry

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Born and raised in Massachusetts, Brunonia Barry studied literature and creative writing at Green Mountain College in Vermont and at the University of New Hampshire and was one of the founding members of the Portland Stage Company. While still an undergraduate at UNH, Barry spent a year living in Dublin and auditing Trinity College classes on James Joyce's Ulysses.

Barry's love of theater led to a first job in Chicago where she ran promotional campaigns for Second City, Ivanhoe, and Studebaker theaters. After a brief stint in Manhattan, where she studied screenwriting at NYU, Barry relocated to California because she had landed an agent and had an original script optioned. Working on a variety of projects for several studios, sh...more


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Had a lovely chat with Hallie Ephron for the blog Jungle Red. "Writing well is the best revenge" — I couldn't agree more! Here's a direct link to my interview. My gratitude goes out to them for including me! Hope you enjoy. read more »
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Average rating: 3.42 · 12,603 ratings · 3,278 reviews · 2 distinct works
The Lace Reader
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 10,932 ratings — published 2007 — 38 editions
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The Map of True Places
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 1,670 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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I'll pit my God against your god any day, I say to the Calvinists. It's not their god I'm praying to.... The God I'm praying to is neither male nor female. My God is the one who exists apart from all of men's agendas, the God who takes you away when there is no possible place you can go.”
Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader

“There is lace in every living thing: the bare branches of winter, the patterns of clouds, the surface of water as it ripples int he breeze.... Even a wild dog's matted fur shows a lacy pattern if you look at it closely enough.”
Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader

“I realize the selfishness of children. We love them, and we revolve around their universe, but they don't revolve around ours.”
Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader

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