Tara Labovich
Writer. Educator. Editor. Creativity Coach.
Tara Labovich (M.F.A) is a college educator and multi-genre writer. They are interested in creative community and writing as a tool for connection and healing.
Creativity Coaching
What is Creativity Coaching?
Creativity coaching is a coaching approach for all kinds of artists, creatives, and business owners that allows them to discover their unique creative nature. This process prioritizes building skillsets and mindsets to create from a space of ease, joy, and authenticity.This strategy is a unique blend of creative process design, intuitive work, industry knowledge, and personal coaching. Each session is a you-centric recipe that combines this (and more!) with your personal brand, your strengths, and your goals.
Offerings
Custom Coaching Sessions
Developmental Book Edits
Ghost Writing
Publication Mentorship and Services
Selected Publications
"Radical Revision," Brevity, February 2025"Girls Will B Girls," Bending Genres, August 2024"Sonnetletter to Mule Deer," The Citron Review, May 2024"a tomato is a gasp," Alocasia, 2022 (best of the net nominee)"Heaven is Empty," Atlanta Review, December 2022"Sonnetletter to One I Have Not Loved Yet," Eastern Iowa Review, June 2022"Petunia.," Salt Hill Journal, January 2021
Poetry Publications
"girl, possessed!" dishsoap quarterly, February 2025"Iowa, Derecho 2020," Belt Magazine, January 2025"Instructions for a Hug," "Chopping Off All My Hair," and "On Throwing Away All My Childhood Trophies and Medals." Squawk Back, January 2025“Arrival, Glendree Bog,” and “Rebirth,” Stories of the Seasons Zine, October 2024"Girls Will B Girls," Bending Genres, August 2024"Sonnetletter to Mule Deer," The Citron Review, May 2024"Midwest Beauty," dadakuku, May 2024“Grief II,” DiBiase Poetry, April 2024"a tomato is a gasp," Alocasia, (best of the net nominee)The Body After the Storm, Bullshit Lit Second Anthology, 2023Drawn, come sail away anthology, March 2023"Between Two Suns," and "Still Life with Jugs," Delicate Friend, March 2023Heaven is Empty, Atlanta Review, December 2022Sonnetletter to One I Have Not Loved Yet, Eastern Iowa Review, June 2022Packing, Corvus, June 2022[the world is strange. and has ears.], Eunoia Review, March 2020displacement, Eunoia Review, March 2020We Already Decided, Eunoia Review, March 2020There is Ease. The Stone Dunes of Fanore., Vita Brevis, July 2019Album of Foreign Objects [i didn’t want to tell them], Green Briar Review, July 2019Need to Name You, Green Briar Review, July 2019Pears, Ink in Thirds, April 2018Edge, Self Created Artist Book, Colorado College Library, July 2018Black Candle, Owl Tree Press, April 20181-10, Leviathan, November 2017
Prose Publications
"Radical Revision," Brevity, February 2025"The Question of Color," After the Pause, June 2021Petunia., Salt Hill Journal, January 2021"Matriarchy of Memory: An Interview with Diane Seuss," The Hairstreak Butterfly Review, May 2019"catalogue of encounters that have convinced me i might be breathing," Cipher Magazine, April 2019
Collaborative Publications
“The Invention of the Baby” by Tara Labovich & Elizabeth J. Wenger, Sophon Lit, forthcoming June 2023“lilacs,” by Tara Labovich & Elizabeth J. Wenger, Breathe Bold, forthcoming 2023“Elegy for a Self at Eighteen,” by Tara Labovich & Elizabeth J. Wenger, Moot Point, forthcoming 2023“Blackout Poem 1,” “Blackout Poem 2,” by Tara Labovich & Elizabeth J. Wenger, Gnashing Teeth Publications, forthcoming 2023“Queer Ode to Middle America” by Tara Labovich & Elizabeth J. Wenger, The Crawfish, March 2023
Editorial Work
Poetry Reader at West Trade Review"Liver King and the Problematic Rise of Primal Manhood,” by Elizabeth J. Wenger and edited by Tara Labovich, Huck Magazine, 2022“What to Wear While Teaching Queer,” by Elizabeth J. Wenger and edited by Tara Labovich, just femme and dandy, 2022
Contact
Please reach out via social media for bookings, consultations, and questions.
Thank you.