Poet and writer, publisher, teacher, dancer. Still innocent; still mindful; still listening to the space between the notes.www.bmorrison.comBarbara Morrison, who writes under the name B. Morrison, is a poet and writer, a publisher, teacher, and dancer. A few years after graduating with a BA in English, her marriage collapsed and she found herself forced to go on welfare. It is this experience of a world very different from the one in which she grew up that she describes in her memoir, Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother.She attributes part of her success in escaping poverty to her involvement in the world of traditional dance and music. She performed as a morris dancer for thirty years and continues to be active in the Country Dance and Song Society and several of its affiliates.Barbara is also the author of a poetry collection, Here at Least, with a second volume, Terrarium, scheduled for 2013. She is currently working on a novel. Barbara has won multiple awards, been invited to speak as a featured author, and been published in magazines such as The Sun, Sin Fronteras, Scribble, and Tiny Lights. She conducts writing workshops and speaks on women's and poverty-related issues. She is also the owner of a small press and speaks about publishing and marketing. Come by her website (www.bmorrison.com) for more information.Barbara's Monday Morning Books blog (www.bmorrison.com/blog) is where every week since 2006 she has been sharing insights about writing gleaned from her reading. You can also find her on Twitter (www.twitter.com/bmorrison9) where she tweets regularly about poetry and on Facebook. Be sure to visit her GoodReads Author Page (www.goodreads.com/author/show/1453712.B_Morrison).