Barbara LaMorticella lives in a cabin in the woods outside Portland, Oregon. In 1997, her second collection of poems, Rain on Waterless Mountain, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. In 1999 she received an Oregon Literary Fellowship in poetry for women writers. She has edited or co-edited three collections of Portland poetry including Portland Lights in 2000.In 2005, Barbara was awarded the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award by Literary Arts, an award in recognition of significant contributions that have enriched Oregon’s literary community.
Her work is in many anthologies, most recently To Topos Poetry International: Poverty and Poetry, (Oregon State University, 2008), Not A Muse (Haven Books 2009 Not a Muse, (Haven Books, 2009), and Eating the Pure Light (Blackwater Press 2009 , an anthology of the inner lives of women . She's been featured at Bumbershoot , Seattle's Music and Arts Festival, where she won a Bumbershoot Big Book Award. In addition, Barbara was twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize , has had her work featured as part of Poetry in Motion. She is a long time co-host with Walt Curtis of KBOO-FM radio’s Talking Earth.
The one hour Meadowlake Studios Encounter of the 2012 William Stafford Birthday Celebration will air on McMinnville Community Media .
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