Diane Jarvenpa is the author of Divining the Landscape, The Tender Wild Things- a recipient of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association book award in poetry, and The Way She Told Her Story which received a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award honorable mention all from (New Rivers Press)

Ancient Wonders, the Modern World and swift, bright, drift from (Red Dragonfly Press). And Shy Lands, from (Blue Light Press). She has received artist initiative and fellowship grants in writing from the Minnesota State Arts Board. She is a teaching artist with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. She has worked for the past thirty years with a wide range of poets, writers, students, musicians and artists. She presents poetry readings at colleges, universities and literary festivals and gives poetry and memoir workshops and classes working with a range of ages from young children to older adults.