BIO

 

I have published the books Geographies of Identity: Narrative Forms, Feminist Futures (Punctum Books, 2021), (re)iteration(s) (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018), a geography of syntax (Lavender Ink, 2016), Solve For (BlazeVox ebooks), begin with may: a series of moments (Finishing Line Press, 2008), and two collaborative chapbooks with Laura Wetherington and Hannah Ensor: at the intersection of 3, and The First Steps are the Deepest. My critical poetics essays can be found on 1508 the University of Arizona Poetry Center blog, Big Other, Entropy, How2, Something on Paper, The Quint, and Ethos Review. I’ve also published essays on teaching on the UM-Dearborn Hub Blog, Hybrid Pedagogy and in the collection Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media. And I’ve had poems, essays, and short fiction published in literary journals including Denver Quarterly, /NOR, Aufgabe, 580 Split, Quarter After Eight, factorial, in the anthologies Counter-Desecration, Resist Much Obey Little, and Poetic Voices Without Borders, and have won awards and residencies from The Academy of American Poets, the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts in Indiana, Spark Box Studio, and the Hambidge Center for the Arts. I also run the tiny, Ypsilanti-based Frog Island Press and Readings.

I have taught composition, creative writing, and literature classes at a variety of colleges and universities including Colorado State University, University of Connecticut, Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University, The University of Windsor, and The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Dearborn, and Michigan State University. I am available to give readings of my own work, or facilitate writing workshops for students, community members, or other groups.

You can contact me at jill.darling@gmail.com.

More info about writing, publications, and teaching can be found on the different pages on this site.