Barr formerly directed the Creative Writing Program at Rhodes College, where she was Glover Chair of English Studies and Associate Professor. She relocated to Asheville, North Carolina.
Publications and Prizes
Books:
The Gathering Eye (Tupelo Press, 2003)
Prizes:
National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, Fellowships at MacDowell, and The Ucross Foundation