Featured Mentor: Kristina Marie Darling

We are excited to announce our featured mentor of the week: Kristina Marie Darling! Kristina is the author of thirty-nine books. An expert consultant with the United States Fulbright Commission, a twice-awarded Fulbright Scholar, and a member of the peer review panel for Fulbright grants, Dr. Darling’s work has also been recognized with three residencies at Yaddo, where she has held the Martha Walsh Pulver Residency for a Poet and the Howard Moss Residency in Poetry, a Civita Institute Fellowship, and nine residencies at the American Academy in Rome, where she previously served as an ambassador for recruitment. Currently a faculty member at The Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop, she has taught at Yale University, the American University in Rome, Stanford University, and the New School. Dr. Darling is Editor-in-Chief of Tupelo Press & Tupelo Quarterly. Born and raised in the American Midwest, she now divides her time between the United States, Greece, and the Amalfi Coast. In 2022, Dr. Darling also signed a multi-book deal, in which her out-of-print titles will be reissued by Dzanc Books

Kristina said when asked about the mentorship program, “What excites me most…is helping writers reach their goals and discovering new talent.”

The last book that Kristina read and loved? The Day Every Day Is by Lee Upton.

Click here to sign up for a mentorship from Kristina!