Fiction. "Barbara Henning's SMOKING IN THE TWILIGHT BAR is a book of linked glimpses into urban working lives after dark, and in its presentation and tone it may be unique. Moving from bars to poolhalls to bedrooms, the intelligent and observant guide and narrator gives us a world of violence and sexuality that is understood but never judged. It is a powerful and memorable act of witnessing"-Charles Baxter.

Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA

Barbara Henning is the author of three novels: THIRTY MILES TO ROSEBUD; YOU, ME, AND THE INSECTS; and Black Lace. Her books of poetry include MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Detective Sentences, LOVE MAKES THINKING DARK, SMOKING IN THE TWILIGHT BAR, as well as numerous chapbooks and a series of photo-poem pamphlets. A collection of prose and poetry, CITIES & MEMORY, was published by Chax Press in 2010. New York City. She is a native Detroiter and has been long-time resident of New York City. Her latest work is LOOKING UP HARRYETTE MULLEN: INTERVIEWS ON SLEEPING WITH THE DICTIONARY AND OTHER WORKS (Belladonna*, 2011), a collection of essays on and conversations with the poet Harryette Mullen.