L.L. Barkat is Managing Editor of Tweetspeak Poetry, where writers and poets can find everything from basic inspiration to full-fledged writing workshops. The author of eleven books, including fiction, non-fiction, children's, and poetry, Barkat understands the writing process from all angles and gently, skillfully mentors both up-and-coming and established writers.
This 30-days, 30-poems challenge (read 30, write 30!) assumes we care about climate breakdown—or want to—and it helps us find a poetic way in, as well as understand our hopes and struggles in a world where sometimes we’ve wondered: does anyone care? They do. And they can.
A simple, fun, enriching prompt book that will give you eight ways to write poems you can love (16 ways, if you count the bonus prompts)—includes sections called: Catalog poems, What is Poetry, Why Poetry, Sonnets, Resolutions, Sestinas, Villanelles, and By Heart.
This book describes the idea of a Mischief Cafe and how to run one, includes over thirty poems from T. S. Poetry Press titles (and from the conversation with fans that started the idea of this book), and has blank pages for new poems that café gatherers can write together over time using the 34 poem title prompts provided throughout.
Love, Etc. explores the mixed experiences of love, in language infused with Barkat’s signature sensual touch. Get ready to fall. In love with poems, words, and love.
Working for a living. That’s what the main character does in The Novelist. Secretly, she’s a poet who's trying to come to terms with who she really is and whether or not she has what it takes to be a novelist. An intriguing read for aspiring writers, blocked Creatives, or anyone who appreciates wit and wisdom about the literary world.
An Annie Dillard-style writing book that follows the writer's life as much as her philosophy about creativity and writing. Aspiring and accomplished writers will find a place to breathe, in both the memoir-stories and tips that seamlessly address major aspects of creative life—from inspiration to individual voice; from helpful habits, networking and publishing, to reasons we create and write.