Joan Barasovska lives in Orange County, North Carolina. She co-hosted a poetry series at Flyleaf Books and serves on the Board of the North Carolina Poetry Society. For thirty-five years, Joan has been an academic therapist in private practice. Her poems have appeared in Kakalak, San Pedro River Review, Flying South, Crossing the Rift, Red Fez, Speckled Trout Review, Main Street Rag, among other journals and anthologies. In 2020 Joan was nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize. Joan is the author of Birthing Age (Finishing Line Press, 2018), Carrying Clare (Main Street Rag, 2022), and Orange Tulips (Redhawk Publications, 2022).
Participation at the 2022 West End Poetry Festival
- Recent Book Poets | Saturday, October 15 | starts at 1:30 pm | Carrboro Century Center
- For a full schedule and descriptions of all sessions, see the festival schedule.
Participation at the 2017 West End Poetry Festival
- Curated Open Mic | Thursday, October 19 | starts at 6:30 pm | 2nd Wind
- For a full schedule and descriptions of all sessions, see the festival schedule.
