
Darby Smith
Columbia University
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Darby Minow Smith is a writer and journalist who splits her time between New York and rural Montana. As the long-time editor of the environmental magazine Grist, she managed a newsroom of early-career and established journalists and produced a National Magazine Award-nominated package on civic engagement. At Columbia's Climate School, she co-taught a workshop on nature writing with Lynnette Widder. She currently teaches creative nonfiction as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Columbia's Undergraduate Creative Writing Program.
Biography current as of January 2023