DIANA ARTERIAN is the author of the recent poetry collection Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, 2025) and editor and co-translator of Smoke Drifts (World Poetry Books, 2025), a collection of Nadia Anjuman’s poetry co-translated with Marina Omar. Diana has penned two chapbooks, With Lightness & Darkness and Other Brief Pieces (Essay Press) and Death Centos (Ugly Duckling Presse), and co-edited the anthology Among Margins: Critical & Lyrical Writing on Aesthetics (Ricochet).
A Poetry Editor at Noemi Press and twice-finalist for the National Poetry Series, Diana’s creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Caldera, Millay Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. Her poetry, nonfiction, criticism, co-translations, and conversations have been featured by The Academy of American Poets, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Harvard Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, NPR, New York Times Book Review, and Poetry Magazine, among others. She writes “The Annotated Nightstand” column at Lit Hub.
Diana holds a PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California, an MFA in Poetry from CalArts, and has held teaching positions at CalArts, Fordham, Merrimack, and Wichita State. She is the 2026 Lurie Distinguished Visiting Professor at San José State University and lives in Los Angeles.
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