About

I have been editing and writing professionally for thirty-five years. I love helping people express themselves and discover their voice. I’m a strong collaborator who is adept at refining storytelling, arc, logic, voice, transitions, and word choices. There are so many ways of telling an effective story, and so many varieties of experience. I feel lucky to be able to accompany people through the process of figuring out how to convey what they care about most.

Background

My writing is in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Foreign Policy, Fast Company, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Times Literary Supplement, Virginia Quarterly Review, Kenyon Review, American Poetry Review, and A Public Space. I’ve reported on parental leave, child custody, culture, media, books, innovation, tech, and design. 

I’ve published two collections of poetry, Tiny Extravaganzas (2023) and Forest with Castanets (2019). My essay collection Happier Far comes out in 2025. My writing has been recognized by the Café Royal Cultural Foundation, the Peter Heinegg Literary Award, and fellowships at Civitella Ranieri and Yaddo. I was an editor at A Public Space, executive nonfiction editor at Guernica, and editor at PEN America’s Glossolalia, which highlighted writing in translation. For information about my books, visit dianemehta.net or download my resume.