The Undiscovered Country
Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes
A memoir
From Atmosphere Press
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5/7 — Diane Meyer Lowman’s Haiku Wins Westport Writers’ Workshop First Prize
4/26 — Diane Meyer Lowman Places Three Haiku in Acropolis Journal
4/25 — The Undiscovered Country Wins First Prize in CT Press Club 2023 Communications Contest
"The contest has grown significantly over the past few years,'' Contest Director Tom Renner said. "This year we had more than 250 entries, the third most in the nation. This year's contest was the most competitive ever."
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10/16 — The Undiscovered Country Reviewed By Sociology Group
10/10 — Diane Meyer Lowman Interviewed By Sociology Group
8/18 — The Undiscovered Country earns IndieReader Approved distinction
“Honest, warm and frequently witty, Diane Meyer Lowman's THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes) is an inspiring memoir of finding truth, revelation and inspiration in later life.”
7/18 — 3 Haiku: “Roof,” “Lunchtime,” and “Colour” featured in The Auroras & Blossoms, Haiku Anthology Volume 1
Roof
The clouds sliding off
The rooftop like melting snow
The sun follows them
6/21 — “The Undiscovered Country” featured in Dan Woog’s “06880”
“At 57 Diane Meyer Lowman set off on a life-changing adventure: a “senior year abroad” studying in the MA program at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.
She learned a lot.
She wrote a lot too.”
4/7 — Diane Meyer Lowman’s “Noise” Takes Home First Prize in Connecticut Press Club Contest
Additionally, her essay “Unreal” received an Honorable Mention.
4/3 — Diane Meyer Lowman Publishes Haiku “Tidal” in CandleLit, Issue 2
1/16 — Diane Meyer Lowman Publishes Reviews of Richard III and All’s Well that Ends Well in “The Shakespeare Newsletter”
Both plays were staged at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Read the reviews here: Richard III, All’s Well that Ends Well
12/21 — Diane Meyer Lowman Haiku Selected for The Best Haiku 2022: International Anthology
6/29 — Diane Meyer Lowman Passes the Torch to Jessica Noyes McEntee
A ceremony at The Westport Library Wednesday afternoon concluded the three-year work of Westport’s first poet laureate — Diane Lowman — and welcomed her successor — Jessica Noyes McEntee.
6/23 — Meet and Greet New Poet Laureate
Jessica Noyes McEntee will succeed Diane Meyer Lowman as Westport, CT’s poet laureate.
Diane Lowman’s 3 years as Westport’s poet-in-residence ends June 30. She’ll pass the torch — or pen, or computer keyboard or whatever — next Wednesday (June 29), at a noontime Westport Library ceremony.
Our new poet laureate is Jessica Noyes McEntee. Her 2-year term begins July 1.
3/27 — Diane Meyer Lowman to Write Haiku on Demand at Booksy Galore in Pound Ridge
From Booksy Galore:
Poet Found !!! And not just any poet - Poet Laureate of Westport, Diane Meyer Lowman @dilo922 Join us Sunday, March 27th between 12:30 and 2:30 for Typewritten Haiku on Demand and help kick-off April Poetry Month it’s easy, fun, and FREE !! Just saunter up to our Typewriter Station, tell Diane a word, mood, or thought and she will create a one-of-a-kind typewritten haiku, just for you It’s all part of the Made in NY celebration with vendors and events up and down Westchester Ave. To say we are excited is an understatement #haiku #poetryondemand #townofpoundridge #westportct
2/28 — Diane Meyer Lowman to Host Haiku Workshop Hosted by Wakeman Town Farm
2/24 — Diane Meyer Lowman to Host Ekphastic Writing Workshop at MoCA Westport
From the event webpage:
“As supporting programming for The Westport Idea, join us for an ekphrastic writing workshop with Diane Lowman, Westport Poet Laureate.
In ancient Greece, ekphrasis meant describing anything in vivid detail. It has come to mean writing in response to a work of art. In this workshop we will choose several of the exhibition pieces to use as prompts for writing. No experience necessary – just come prepared to observe and react!
The event is free, but advance registration is requested. All health and safety protocols will be followed; see our Visit page for details.”
Photograph by Jerri Graham Photography.
1/30 — Westport Journal Pays Tribute to Outgoing Poet Laureate
Outgoing Poet Laureate Brought Vibrant Verse to Town
1/4 — Westport Book Shop Welcomes Diane Meyer Lowman as January Art Exhibitor
Westport, CT, January 4, 2022 — The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome literary and visual artist Diane Meyer Lowman as its guest exhibitor for the month of January, at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place. Diane’s art exhibit includes nine original haiku poems, each superimposed on a photograph taken by Diane, mostly in Westport or nearby.
Says Diane, “I love both the simplicity and complexity of the haiku form. They’ve become a daily ritual for me, like journaling. Both the photographs and my state of mind inspire and influence them.”
Westport Book Shop, a nonprofit used book store, is downtown Westport’s only source for used and antiquarian books, vintage vinyl records, and other media. It is located at 23 Jesup Road, right across Jesup Green from the Westport Library. The art exhibit is open to the public during the Book Shop’s business hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. (closed Mondays). Diane Meyer Lowman’s work will be on exhibit through January 31, 2022.
The Book Shop’s “Drew Friedman Art Place” is an area of the store dedicated to exhibiting the work of community artists year-round, on a rotating basis. Miggs Burroughs, a Trustee of the Drew Friedman Community Arts Center, and a founding member of The Artists Collective of Westport, is curating these exhibits, which change monthly.
5/7 — Haiku selected by Haiku Crush’s anthology: The Best Haiku 2021
Flip to page 51 to find hers!
1/24 — Diane Meyer Lowman publishes Haiku in the Time of Covid-19; places a haiku in In Death, the gift of life
1/16 — The Poetry Page Interviews Diane Meyer Lowman
“I find the joy that comes from someone who tells me at the beginning of a workshop – be it a seven or seventy year old – that ‘I can’t write poetry,’ and then see them beam as they read the seventeen syllables in the three lines that they’ve composed – priceless.”
12/10 — Town Poet Laureate Diane Lowman on The History of Everyday Poetry in Westport
“It seems that while no wildly famous poets have made Westport their permanent home, many of their words have alighted here through our many poetry-loving residents. Moreover, many of them have created their own “words, words, words” (Hamlet, II.ii) of their own which, while may not have reached the audience of a Dickenson or Whitman, nonetheless imbue our little hamlet with the spirit of poetry. ”
11/24 — Diane Meyer Lowman publishes debut haiku collection, Range of Emotions
11/10 — Three Haiku Published in “Connecticut Bards: Southwest Poetry Review 2020”
9/21 — Diane Meyer Lowman named to Westport Arts Advisory Committee
4/15 — Poet Laureate Joins Westport Library for Remote #ShelterinPoetry
1/30 — Diane Meyer Lowman to Lead Teen Poetry Workshop Series at the Westport Public Library
1/26 — Westport Poet Laureate Cited in Marpe Presentation (via Westportnow.com)
In his State of the Town presentation at the Westport Library today, First Selectman Jim Marpe cited a poem by Westport poet laureate Diane Meyer Lowman.
11/2 — CT Recognizes & Congratulates Poets Laureate
for: “your outstanding achievement in the literary arts and for upholding the mission of the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate by promoting the enjoyment of poetry.”
9/28 — Welcome from Poet Laureate to StoryFest
“Westport poet laureate Diane Meyer Loman today welcomes guests to the third and final day of the Westport Library Saugatuck StoryFest.” Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
8/11 — Welcome from Poet Laureate
“Among those welcoming attendees at today’s eighth annual Beechwood Open was Diane Lowman, recently appointed as Westport’s first poet laureate. In the background is host Frederic Chiu.” Photograph by Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
6/26 — Diane Meyer Lowman Named Westport, CT’s First Poet Laureate
“Having a Poet Laureate is a long overdue acknowledgement of the importance of the written word to Westport’s artistic and cultural heritage,” First Selectman Jim Marpe noted in a news release. “Diane Lowman is a wonderful first choice for this new role, and brings genuine excitement, energy and poetic background to it. Many thanks to the Westport Arts Advisory Committee for creating and filling this position.” click here to read more
Diane Meyer Lowman named Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest international book awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. In its thirteenth year of operation, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in over 70 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com) in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency.
Nothing But Blue: A Summer at Sea
Released November 13, 2018
“At times I felt the tug of the undertow allowing only the blue to rise. But like the ship, her defiant crimson shining above the surface and not succumbing to the pull, I’d managed to stay afloat.” — Mamta Madhavan, Readers’ Favorite
Named a Middlebury Magazine Editor’s Pick for March & April, 2019
Memoirist, essayist, critic, poet.
Not to mention MBA, PhD, yoga instructor, blackbelt, and mother of two. Diane Meyer Lowman has been writing all her life. She has a vibrant creative energy that takes whichever form suits it best. Her memoir Nothing But Blue was published in November 2018. She earned her M.A. in Shakespeare Studies from the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute in December 2018. Prior to that, she read and reviewed all of Shakespeare's plays, composed daily haiku, and published theater reviews. Click here to explore her vast portfolio.