“Unearthing Secrets: Judith Barrington’s Virginia’s Apple Reveals the Heart and Soul Beneath Shared Memories”

Barrington was much more comfortable sharing her identity after she met her longtime partner, Ruth, and the couple settled in Portland, Oregon, in 1976. Barrington brought her feminist fervor with her to the Pacific Northwest, where she taught women’s studies at a local university, continued to organize marches, and contributed her feminist writings to many magazines and newspapers.

Barrington was a poet before she became a memoirist, and it shows in the lyrical ways she describes her experiences, the people she meets along the way, and the landscapes around her. Whether describing a broken-down house crowded with a gaggle of young feminists, an apple tree in the backyard of Virginia Wolfe, or a late night sharing drinks and stories with Adrienne Rich, Barrington treats each moment with delicate care, wide-eyed wonder, and endearing humility.

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