Lois Roma-Deeley

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Gender Female
Location Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Introduction Lois Roma-Deeley's fourth collection of poems, THE SHORT LIST OF CERTAINTIES, won the Jacopone da Todi Book Prize from Franciscan University Press. Here third collection of poems, HIGH NOTES, was chosen as a finalist for the 2011 Paterson Poetry Award. She is the recipient of an Arizona Commission on the Grant Grant, 2016.Lois Roma-Deeley has published three collections of poetry: HIGH NOTES (2010), NORTHSIGHT(2006) and RULES OF HUNGER (2004). HIGH NOTES forms the basis of music drama for which Roma-Deeley has written the book and lyrics.. In collaborations with visual artists on several ekphrasis projects, Roma-Deeley’s poems have been exhibited nationally and internationally.She founded the Creative Writing Women's Caucus (AWP) and is the organization's past president.