bio

Brook Bhagat is a writer, artist, performer, and workshop facilitator in the Pikes Peak region. She is the author of Only Flying, a Pushcart-nominated collection of surreal poetry and flash fiction on paradox, rebellion, transformation, and enlightenment from Unsolicited Press.

Brook’s poetry, prose, humor, and creative nonfiction have won or placed in the top two in contests at Loud Coffee Press, A Story in 100 Words, and most recently, the Pikes Peak Library District 2023 fiction contest (read her winning science fiction story, “Magic Chai,” here). Her work has been published in Monkeybicycle, Empty Mirror, Soundings East, The Dribble Drabble Review, The Alien Buddha Goes Pop, Anthem: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, and other journals and anthologies. She and her husband Gaurav co-founded Blue Planet Journal, which she edits and writes for. She is a professor of English and creative writing at Pikes Peak State College and the founder and facilitator of The Nearby Universe writers’ group.

Brook’s paintings and drawings have hung in galleries, art shows, theaters, and coffee shops in Poughkeepsie, New York and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and have been recently published in Aromatica Poetica and The Light Ekphrastic.

Brook has been reading and performing her work for many years and has organized multiple literary readings. She is available to perform her work and facilitate workshops for writers on many topics. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @BrookBhagat.