Kristina Marie Darling is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she is currently pursuing a master's degree. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she is the author of seven chapbooks of poetry and nonfiction. Her writing has appeared or will appear in New Letters, The Mid-American Review, CutBank, The Warwick Review, Redactions, and other journals. Recent awards include residencies from the Centrum Foundation and the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts.