Meet the Readers: Diana Babineau

Diana Babineau is a senior editor and writer for Northwestern Magazine at Northwestern University. She studied poetry at Amherst College and went on to become a managing editor for The Common literary journal, Orion magazine and In These Times magazine. She has edited a wide range of work including investigative journalism, fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. She also has freelanced as a consulting editor for the Kenyon Review and as a copyeditor for children’s books, young adult novels, and nonfiction books focused on Caribbean literature and history. Her poetry has been published in North American Review, The Common, and the anthology Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. In her free time she enjoys ballroom dancing, board games, and birdwatching.

Please join Diana and our other fantastic readers on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf. Doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30. It's free, and 21-and-over. Please RSVP on Facebook.