“My Father Did Not Sing”, Consequence, Volume 14.1, Spring 2022, p. 74-77.
A nonfiction essay, crafted from excerpts found in the book, focuses on her last visits to her father with a window into the surreal existence of forgotten old soldiers.

“The Land of VA”, online journal War, Literature and the Arts, Volume 30, 2018.
A nonfiction essay, set in the Menlo Park’s VA Hospital, recounts the moment father and daughter meet after decades of estrangement. Dianna discovers she has been loved all along when her father breaks his silence with four questions.

San Francisco Writer’s Conference, 2017.
An excerpt from The Red Purses was selected as a contest finalist.

“Stellazine Statues” Le Simplegadi International Refereed Journal, Number 9, November 2011 p. 32-33.
A prose poem focusing on the psychological scars of Dianna’s father and how his Korean War trauma impacts their relationship.

Leopardi Writing Conference, Recanati, Italy, 2019 and 2022
Dianna received a scholarship (2019) to attend and workshop The Red Purses.