Meet the Poet
L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat is a contributor to The Huffington Post, a freelance writer for Edutopia, and the author of six books, including Love, Etc: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing & Loss; an experimental fiction and poetry title, The Novelist: A Novella; and Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing (twice named a Best Book of 2011). She has appeared at Best American Poetry, VQR, NPR, Every Day Poems, and Scratch Magazine. Former Staff Writer for The Curator and Managing Editor of Tweetspeak Poetry, Barkat can be found on LinkedIn. Read.