Darragh was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in the south suburb of McDonald, Pennsylvania.
Mass Transit, and after it Folio bookshop, became focal points for much of the poetic activity that was to result in the East Coast wing of the "Language" group, and here Darragh met other poets, including Susan Howe, Diane Ward, Doug Lang, Joan Retallack, and P. Inman, all of whom were also to become key members of the group.
In 1998, her work was published in the anthology etruscan reader VIII (with Douglas Oliver & Randolph Healy) and included selections from "The Dream Rim Instructions + SEE References" and "fractals <<—>> l-in-error".
Darragh has also been involved in numerous collaborative efforts with others including the recent Belladonna Elders Series No.
8: Jane Sprague / Tina Darragh / Diane Ward published by Belladonna Books in 2009.