Rehearsal in Fairyland. Richard Doyle (1870)

Welcome to Dorothea Barth's Prose, Poetry, and Music website.

This site includes:

• A list of available writing by genre, title, description, and word count 
• A list of previously published articles
• A gallery of online prose
• A gallery of online poetry
• A gallery of sound samples for each of Dorothea Barth's anthologies of Celtic arrangements and original compositions
• A shopping page to purchase anthologies Dorothea Barth's arrangements and compositions 

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

Hot Off the Press!

Weddings in Houston - January 2012, with Dorothea Barth's reception entertainment article Lights,Music, Dance!

Zaghareet!  - Jan/Feb 2012. Contains a DVD review by Dorothea Barth

 Soon Off the Press!

 Renaissance Magazine - January 2012. Bert and Dorothea Barth were interviewed for the wedding music article.

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

 

The Name Game

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.

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

Key Words: Dorothea Barth prose, poetry, freelance writer, music essays, wedding articles, bridal articles, lifestyle articles, nostalgic stories, travel essays, animal stories, literary short fiction, romantic short fiction, available writing, published writing

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 

Available articles can generally be submitted within one week of notification of interest. 

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.