Barbara Heymann Goldberg

went on for an MA, MEd and an MFA in poetry. Taught in el barrio in NYC, at George Washington, U. of Maryland and American universities; wrote Harry Reasoner's radio scripts; started writing poetry when i was 30 (though had written fiction/plays before). Now have 4 poetry books; books of translation, received 2 fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts and published widely. For my daily bread I have run a magazine and been senior speechwriter for AARP. Since retired, have fed my hunger for knowledge about terrorism, mideast, pakistan etc. to what purpose, i have no idea! love to give readings and have in States, Canada and Israel.

Anyone remember the Music Room? You had to have a key and you could lock it from the inside and make out in privacy. It was a jealously guarded secret! Also, i was in Junior Show and remember singing, with an exaggerated New York accent, "You were wrong, Katie Glib, you were wrong." Or the time in baby philosophy (later to become my major) when professor (shall remain unnamed) was expounding on Descartes' I-think-therefore-i-am, which is what made us humans, and i said we didn't know yet whether animals could think, but maybe dolphins? bees? and the coup de grace: what really sets humans apart is that we are the only animal where the female of the species can have an orgasm." This was on hearsay, only! Did not make a friend that day...Since graduation there have been articles on the sex lives of dolphins....

Got married, moved to Paris and lived there for a year, then Brussels, returning to US after 2 years, then Followed husband (#1) to Boston where he completed a Business Degree at Harvard.