Diana Arterian

Diana Arterian is the author of the recent collection Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, 2025). Her first book, Playing Monster :: Seiche, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Smoke Drifts, her co-translation of Nadia Anjuman’s poetry done with Marina Omar, is forthcoming from World Poetry Books. A twice-finalist for the National Poetry Series, Arterian's writing has appeared in BOMB, The Georgia Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. A poetry editor for Noemi Press, Arterian writes “The Annotated Nightstand” column at Lit Hub. She lives in Los Angeles.