Born: 09/20/1950   Detroit , MI
Parents: Freda Shipley Reid- mother Clarence Reid Jr.-stepfather Alex Shipley-father
Address(es):
3255 West Long Lake Road
West Bloomfield , MI 48323
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://www.DianeDeCillis.com
Website : http://steepshow.com

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Strings attached : poems - A Michigan Notable Book selection, 2015 Review: http://fjordsreview.com/reviews/strings-attached-book.html	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press	2014
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 10/02/14 “Last Night I Dreamed I Stole the Croissants” Jama’s Alphabet Soup 05/06/14 “To Lean” featured on Garrison Keillor Writer’s Almanac NPR & website 03/18/14 "Room Full Of Children Staring At Me" Broad River Review	Poetry	Adult		2014
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 11/01/13 “Opera Buffa” Jama’s Alphabet Soup 09/17/12 “Hummus” Longhouse Magazine 11/29/11 "Body Language," "Mother Back Then," "What Would Hitchcock Do?" The MacGuffin 05/13/11 "Punch-Drunk Love" Slipstream 03/07/11 "Nest" A Gathering of the Tribes	Poetry	Adult		2011 -2013
	Chopin with Cherries: A Tribute in Verse - "Postcards of Home and Homesick" poem included in Anthology	Poetry	Adult , Teen		2010
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 09/01/10 “Mesmerized” Driftwood Review 04/04/10 “Seeing Her Again” Driftwood Review 05/17/10 "The Theory of Everything" PMS poemmemoirstory 04/12/10 "La Vie En Gris" Evansville Review 04/09/10 "Foreboding Frog" Ellipsis: Literature and Art	Poetry	Adult		2010
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 11/17/09 "Foreboding Frog" Old Red Kimono 11/16/09 "Margin of Error” G.W. Review 10/13/09 "Planetary Biology at Beaumont Hospital" CHEST Journal (American College of Chest Medicine) 09/30/09 "Seeing Like Cezanne," "Yellow According To Rilke" The MacGuffin 03/05/09 "Happy-Go-Lucky" Westview 02/03/09 "Defitato" Cadillac Cicatrix	Poetry	Adult		2009
	Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory - 'Physics for Dummies' poem included in Anthology	Poetry	Adult	New York: Scriblerus Press	2008
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 07/29/08 "In A Dream My Skin," "The Man Who Lost His Words" North Atlantic Review 07/21/08 "Quiet Rooms" CALYX Journal 06/18/08 "Mr. Right" Pisgah 06/03/08 "Lost on the Champs-Élysées" Spillway 05/01/08 "The Grammar of Memory" Cape Rock 04/24/08 "A Muscato Grape Spills Forth” Willard & Maple 02/13/08 "Pose," "Guilt Masquerades As Pleasure at the Venetian Ball of Dreams" Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine 09/13/08 "The Courtesan," "Cubist Still Life," "Pickled Walnuts," "Postcards of Home and Homesick” The MacGuffin	Poetry	Adult		2008
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 12/03/07 “Yellow,” "Anesthesia Awareness” Soundings East 11/13/07 “Physics for Dummies (In 3D)” Scriblerus Press Anthology on String Theory 11/07/07 "Physics for Dummies (In 3D)" Red Cedar Review 10/02/07 "Sleeping In a Twisted Nightgown" Slipstream 05/30/07 "The Wound as Invitation." Ascent 04/23/07 “Falling In Love at the Speed of the William Tell Overture" Flint Hills Review 04/18/07 "Grape Leaves" Drumvoices Revue 04/17/07 "The Freudian Code" Studio One 04/09/07 "When Pop Artists Write Poetry" Eureka Literary Magazine 02/05/07 "To Be Fed" To Be Fed Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review	Poetry	Adult , Children		2007
	Publications Literary Journals Magazines- Short Stories & Essays - Fall 2015 "In the Bathroom with Barbara Walters" Reunion:The Dallas Review, Creative non-fiction essay 07/12/13 "Velvet Elvis In The Closet" Knee-Jerk, essay 05/17/10 "The Theory of Everything" PMS poemmemoirstory, short story 01/30/06 "Bake Off!" Southern Indiana Review, essay	Non Fiction	Adult , Teen		2006 -2013
	Literary Journal and Magazine Publications, Poetry - 12/26/06 "The Way You Look" The Way You Look Yalobusha Review 12/08/06 "Magritte's Mother's Nightgown" Connecticut Review 11/07/06 "To Lean" Zone 3 10/10/06 "How to Fall Gently From the Precarious Pedestal" Primavera for publication. 09/12/06 "Anatomy Lessons" Praxis: Gender & Cultural Critiques 05/30/06 "Missing Ingredients" Gastronomica-The Journal of Food and Culture 03/07/06 "Music from Another Room" Sanskrit	Poetry	Adult		2006
	Mona poetica - Coedited with Mary Jo Firth Gillett	Poetry	Adult , Children , Teen	Bay City, MI : Mayapple Press	2005
	Other writings: - Poetry published in literary journals such as: Crucible, Confluence, Owen Wister Review, Poet Lore, Literary Lantern, Heartlands, South Carolina Review, Full Circle Journal, Gargoyle, Nimrod International Journal, The MacGuffin and others.	Poetry	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: The power of words to comfort, to inspire, to make our world larger has been an important to me since I was young girl. Coping with the loss of my father I turned to books, especially poems, where I found beauty and reason. From the late nineties to the present, I have made a diligent study of the craft of poetry and have cultivated a voice which while serious, is not immune to humor and a kind of cautious optimism. Poets including Stephen Dunn, Tony Hoagland, David Kirby and Naomi Shihab Nye, as well as many of my peers, have been inspirations. Reflections about loss, art, food, and turning to beauty are themes in my work. The idea of being fed, whether to be nurtured by food, or by words is a recurring theme. I write exploring these ideas, knowing there are too many words—yet never enough. Having had the pleasure of owning an art gallery for many years my work is influenced, not only by the art, but the artists and the impulse for the art. I find that reaching out to be all that is human, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable is poignant and possesses a special dignity. I write every morning in search of an expression for something I’ve never quite articulated and in some cases wasn’t aware that I wanted to. Like pentimento, the reappearance of an earlier painting that had been covered over by a later painting, I seek to get beneath the layers to find the image that waits to be discovered.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

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