About me
Barbara Fant is the author of three poetry collections, Paint, Inside Out (2010), Mouths of Garden (2022), and Joy in the Belly of a Riot (forthcoming Fall 2025). Her work has been featured in Electric Literature, McNeese Review, Button Poetry, and Def Poetry Jam, amongst others. She is a Women of the World Poetry Slam Finalist and a Healing Centered Engagement specialist. For over 15 years, she had led healing-informed poetry workshops for both youth and adults who are incarcerated, those in community, adults in recovery, and survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. She holds both an MFA in Poetry and a Master of Theological Studies. Currently, she serves as the Program Director for Homeboy Art Academy and as a Youth Network Advisor for Cause Communications.
