Burford, Barbara (1944–)
Burford, Barbara (1944–)
British novelist. Born in 1944 in Great Britain.
Published 4 poems in A Dangerous Knowing: Four Black Woman Poets (1985); wrote short-story collection The Threshing Floor (1986) and play Patterns, performed by Changing Women's Theatre (1984); edited Dancing the Tightrope: New Love Poems by Women (1987).
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BORN: 1606, Coleshill, Hertfordshire, England
DIED: 1687, Beaconsfield, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Poetry
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