Diana Arterian

Diana Arterian is the editor and co-translator of Smoke Drifts (World Poetry Books), the selected works of the late contemporary Afghan poet Nadia Anjuman. These co-translations, done with Marina Omar, have previously appeared in venues such as Asymptote, Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, Exchanges, Gulf Coast, North American Poetry Review, and was anthologized in Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets (Two Lines Press Calico Series). Arterian is also the author of the poetry collections Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press) and Playing Monster :: Seiche, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was a Poetry Foundation Staff Pick. Her work has been recognized with fellowships from the Banff Centre, Millay Arts, Yaddo, and others. A Poetry Editor at Noemi Press, Arterian writes “The Annotated Nightstand” column at Lit Hub and lives in Los Angeles.