Native American Authors
Jim Barnes , 1933-
Choctaw
Jim Barnes was born near Summerfield, Oklahoma in 1933 and is of Choctaw and Welsh heritage. He studied at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and received his Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Arkansas. Barnes currently serves as Professor of Comparative Literature at Northeast Missouri State University, and is the founder and editor of the Chariton Review.
Awards and Honors
Translation Prize, 1980Oklahoma Book Award,1993
Fulbright Fellowship
Online resources by or about Jim Barnes:
Jim BarnesAuthor: Jim Barnes and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Barnes.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/barnes/
Jim Barnes
Author: Missouri Center for the Book
Type: authorbio
Description: Information about Barnes from the Missouri Authors Directory.
URL: http://authors.missouri.org/barnes-j.html
Books by Jim Barnes:
Barnes, Jim. The American book of the deadUrbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252009371 / 025200938X (pbk.)
Barnes, Jim. Fiction of Malcolm Lowry and Thomas Mann : structural tradition
Kirksville, Mo. : Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1990.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0943549035
Barnes, Jim. Five Missouri poets
Kirksville, Mo. : Chariton Review Press, 1979.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
Barnes, Jim. On Native Ground : Memoirs and Impressions
Genre: Autobiography
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0806128984
Barnes, Jim. Paris : poems
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252066227
Barnes, Jim. La plata contata
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 1989.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0911198962
Barnes, Jim. The sawdust war
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1992.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252062396 (pbk.)
Barnes, Jim. A season of loss
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 1985.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 091119875X
Barnes, Jim. Summons and sign : poems
Kirksville, Mo. : Chariton Review Press, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Language: English and German
Audience: Adult
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