Aliki Barnstone

Aliki Barnstone was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. She comes from a literary, artistic family: her father is the writer Willis Barnstone, her mother the artist Elli Tzalopoulou-Barnstone, and her brother the poet Tony Barnstone. Aliki Barnstone’s first book of poetry, The Real Tin Flower (1968), was published by Macmillan when she was 12. It featured an introduction by Anne Sexton. Barnstone earned her BA and MA at Brown University and her PhD from the University of California–Berkeley. She is the author of eight books of poetry, including Dwelling (2016), Bright Body (2011), Dear God, Dear Dr. Heartbreak: New and Selected Poems (2009), and Madly in Love (1997; 2014).