Barrie Jean Borich

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Barrie Jean Borich
OccupationMemoirist, academic
Nationality American
Period1990s-present
Notable worksMy Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Body Geographic
SpouseLinnea Stenson [1]

Barrie Jean Borich is an American writer. She is best known for her memoirs My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, [2] which won a Stonewall Book Award in 2000 and was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Lesbian Biography at the 12th Lambda Literary Awards, and Body Geographic, [2] which won the Lambda for Lesbian Biography/Memoir at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards. [3]

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, [1] she spent much of her adult life living in Minneapolis, Minnesota until returning to Chicago in 2012 to teach creative writing at DePaul University. [1]

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