Barbara Tran's poetry and fiction have appeared in The Paris Review, The Malahat Review, and Conjunctions. Included in Barbara's writing for the screen is the narration for Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend, a short XR film, which was a 2022 Official Selection of SXSW and in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Barbara's poetry collection In the Mynah Bird's Own Words was the winner of Tupelo Press's inaugural chapbook award. A co-editor of Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose, 25th Anniversary Edition, Barbara is a member of the She Who Has No Master(s) and AfroMundo collectives. Much of her writing is conceived while walking, playing, or sharing a tasty morsel with a rescue dog.