Diana Arterian

Diana Arterian is the author of Death Centos (Ugly Duckling Presse) which has been listed by The Volta as one of the best books of 2013, as well as the poetry collection Playing Monster :: Seiche (1913 Press), the chapbook With Lightness & Darkness and Other Brief Pieces (Essay Press), and co-editor of Among Margins: Critical & Lyrical Writing on Aesthetics (Ricochet). A Poetry Editor at Noemi Press, her creative work has been recognized with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Caldera, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo, and her poetry, essays, and translations have been featured in Asymptote, Black Warrior Review, BOMB, Denver Quarterly, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Poetry Foundation website, among others. Born and raised in Arizona, she holds a PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and an MFA from CalArts.