Diane DeCillis

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

West Bloomfield, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
LidoD@aol.com
Website: 
www.DianeDeCillis.com
Twitter/X: 
@DianeDeCillis

Author's Bio

Diane DeCillis writes at her desk in West Bloomfield Michigan. Her poetry collection, Strings Attached (Wayne State Univ. Press) was a Michigan Notable Book for 2015, won the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award, and was a finalist for the Forward Indie Fab Book Award. Her most recent collection When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double (Wayne State University Press, April 2021) was selected by Publisher’s Weekly as one of eight books for Weathering the Times: Poetry 2021, Four of DeCillis’ poems are included in the Writers on the Moon project be launched to the moon on the Peregrine Lander, July 2022 and will remain there permanently in a time capsule for the future.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
Knee-Jerk Magazine
,
Pisgah Review
,
Slipstream
,
Southern Indiana Review

Fiction

Journals:
Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
,
Conclave: A Journal of Character
,
PMS: poemmemoirstory

Poetry

Anthologies:
Chopin With Cherries (Moonrise Press, 2010)
,
Riffing on Strings (Scriblerus Press, 2008)
Books:
When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double (Wayne State University Press, 2021)
,
Strings Attached (Wayne State University Press, 2015)
,
Strings Attached (Wayne State University Press, 2014)
,
Mona Poetica (Mayapple Press, 2005)
Journals:
Adirondack Review
,
Columbia Journal
,
Connecticut Review
,
MacGuffin
,
Minnesota Review
,
Nimrod
,
Rattle
,
Reunion: The Dallas Review
,
Spillway Magazine
Prizes won: 

 Michigan Notable Book for 2015, won the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award,  finalist for the Forward Indie Fab Book Award. Her most recent collection When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double (Wayne State University Press, April 2021) was selected by Publisher’s Weekly as one of eight books for  Weathering the Times: Poetry 2021, among others.

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Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
100 Poems to Break Your Heart by Edward Hirsch

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Children, Illness/Wellness, Schools
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Detroit, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Detroit, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Nov 23, 2021