Diana Arterian

Diana Arterian is the author of the recent poetry collection Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, 2025), recipient of the 2026 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She also edited and co-translated Smoke Drifts, the selected work of contemporary Afghan poet Nadia Anjuman (World Poetry Books, 2025), recipient of the Northern California Book Award in Poetry in Translation. Diana's first book, Playing Monster :: Seiche, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a Poetry Foundation Staff Pick.

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, The New York Times Book Review, and Poetry, 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 San José and Wichita State Universities. She lives in Los Angeles.