Dara Barnat is the author of the poetry collection
In the Absence (Turning Point, 2016),
as well as Headwind Migration, a chapbook 
(Pudding House, 2009).

She also writes critical essays on poetry
and translates poetry from Hebrew. 
Her research explores Walt Whitman's influence 
on Jewish American poetry. 

Dara holds a Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University, 
where she is currently Writing Director 
in the Department of English and American Studies.