. . . You gave me . . . What you did not have, and I gave you . . . What I had to give—together, we made . . . Something greater from the difference.
— Alberto Rios, Poet, “When Giving Is All We Have ”
The Journal of Expressive Writing is more than a publication. We aim to be an engaged and supportive community of writers and listeners. We believe that giving our focused attention to each other’s voices, stories, and writing is a generous, necessary act of humanity, repair, and celebration.
Each month, the Journal OPEN MIC will open with a featured author, in addition to 15 pre-reserved spots for writers to read their work. During the OPEN MIC, each writer will read for up to 3 minutes max. All events are FREE to attend and OPEN TO ALL, but you do need to pre-register to attend AND you need to Sign Up ahead of time if you would like to read your work. See both links below. The Journal Open Mic is produced and hosted by Kelly DuMar.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
7:-8:30pm EST
Diana Eden started her career as a Broadway dancer and actress. She then became a three-time Emmy-nominated costume designer for TV and films, and since her retirement, a speaker, university professor, and writer.
As an older travel writer (nearly 86 years old), she has had over 40 travel articles published, as well as articles on other topics in The Huffington Post, The Costume Designer, and The International Women’s Writers Guild’s magazine Network.
In 2020, she published her memoir Stars in Their Underwear: My Unpredictable Journey From Broadway Dancer to Costume Designer for some of Hollywood’s Biggest Stars, and has recently published a sequel titled Getting Old and Other Indignities: A Memoir of Aging with Adventure and Style. In this new book, she recounts her waning stamina in her seventies while still working on films, the unexpected death of her beloved husband, and her rebirth into a vibrant, still-adventurous single woman in her eighties.
Diana credits the International Women's Writers Guild with molding her from a diarist
to an accomplished author.
More at: www.dianaedendesigns.com
