Teaching
Teaching & Workshops
Dr. Darling teaches in M.F.A. programs and at writing conferences worldwide, with a particular focus on poetry, hybrid forms, the lyric essay, and professional empowerment for writers. She currently serves as permanent faculty at the Ionian Center for the Arts & Culture in Greece and core faculty at The Pocket M.F.A.
Appointments
Current Faculty Positions
Ionian Center for the Arts & Culture
Permanent Faculty (2022–Present)
Greece
Courses: "Freeing the Muse," "Collaboration, Social Justice & Empowerment"
The Pocket M.F.A.
Core Faculty (2024–Present)
Poetry Concentration · Hybrid Concentration · How to Read Like a Writer
Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Wilkes University
Visiting Faculty & Editorial Consultant (2024–Present)
California Institute of Integral Studies
Faculty Mentor, M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts (2025–Present)
Aegean Arts Circle Workshops
Core Faculty (2023–Present)
Greece
Tupelo Press Manuscript Conference Series
Permanent Faculty (2017–Present)
Curriculum
Workshop Topics Offered
- Poetry WorkshopIntensive feedback on craft, form, and revision.
- The Lyric Essay & MemoryExploring the border between poetry and prose.
- Prose Poetry & Flash FictionForm, compression, and surprise.
- How to Successfully Pitch, Promote & Fund Your WritingPractical industry navigation.
- The Prose PoemHistory, craft, and contemporary practice.
- Grant & Fellowship Application WritingStrategic coaching for artists seeking funding.
Recent Guest Faculty
- Yale Writers Workshop (2020–2025)
- The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown (2020–2024)
- Stanford University School of Continuing Studies
- The Geneva Writers Group
- Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
- Jackson Hole Writers Conference
- San Miguel Writers' Conference
- The Stonecoast M.F.A. Program
- The Solstice Low-Residency M.F.A. at Lasell University
- Cedar Crest College Pan-European M.F.A.
Praise
From Students & Participants
"Working with you has been the most inspiring 10 weeks of my writer's journey. Your feedback was always delivered with careful consideration of each writer's vision and voice."
"As always, I found Kristina to be very open, generous, encouraging and well-prepared. It's rare to meet a tutor who is so humble and altruistic."
"I want to express my sincere gratitude for your time and commitment. I am already dreaming of returning next year."
"You are such a talented teacher. I cannot believe how well-read you are. Your examples in the craft talks opened up new worlds and ideas to me."