Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

Dorothea Barth's writing includes poetry, essays, interviews, and short fiction. She writes on such topics as music, dance, travel, wedding/bridal, spirituality, immigration, nostalgia, pets, family, and humor. Her writing has been published on four continents.

Praise for Dorothea Barth's story Cowgirl (Summer 2011 issue,
Lawrence Magazine)

"A rare exception of a writer outside Lawrence being tapped for an article in the magazine. But the theme of learning to ride ponies inside Lawrence was wonderfully LM, the writing was tight and vivid and the time period that it covered—the mid 1960s—was a perfect match for our demographics. Additional kudos to Dorothea for her patience as we carved out a space on her timeless submission over the course of two years."
Nathan Pettengill, Editor, Lawrence Magazine

What's in a name?

Dorothea Barth has also written under the following names: Dorothy Barth, Dorothy van Joolen-Barth. and Dorothée Barth.

She was born in The Netherlands, where one version of her first name was Dorothée. After moving to the U.S., she Americanized her name to Dorothy but later continued to use Dorothée in some of her writing.

Later, she decided to embrace her roots, having finally grown into Dorothea.

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Contact Dorothea Barth

Editors are welcome to contact Dorothea Barth

• to acquire an article or poem either for first-time use or reprint
• to suggest or commission a new article

Though Dorothea Barth's process is generally to "write first and pitch later," she is open to commissioned articles. Completion time for such articles will depend upon length and subject matter