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Diane Luby Lane

For the actress, see Diane Lane.

Diane Luby Lane is an American writer and nonprofit executive, best known as the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Get Lit. In both 2020 and 2023 Luby Lane's organization was a Library of Congress best practice nominee for “doing exemplary, innovative and replicable work that promotes literacy and responds to the needs of our time.”[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Get Lit was named named 2023's “Outstanding Nonprofit Organization” by the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Greater Los Angeles Chapter, and she is also the creator of the Get Lit in-school curriculum.[9]

Diane Luby Lane
Born
Green Brook, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationUniversity of South Florida
New York University
Occupation(s)Writer, nonprofit executive
EmployerGet Lit
Children2
AwardsPresident's Volunteer Service Award
Websitewww.dianelubylane.com

In 2012, Luby Lane created Get Lit's annual 3-day Classic Slam, a youth poetry slam which she co-produces.[10][11][12][13]

Career

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Luby Lane founded the poetry organization Get Lit and remains its executive director.[14][15]

She was executive producer on the feature film Our Words Collide, a documentary following the lives of five Get Lit poets in Los Angeles that premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2022, where it won the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Award.[16] She also co-produced the film Summertime, which was written by and starred 27 Get Lit poets and directed by Carlos López Estrada. Summertime opened the Sundance Film Festival in 2020 and was released to theaters in the US in the summer of 2021. In 2006 Lane wrote and starred in a one-woman show, Deep Sea Diving (AKA Born Feet First), which opened in Los Angeles and toured high schools, colleges, and detention centers with Chicano poet Jimmy Santiago Baca.[17][18][19]

Awards and recognition

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Luby Lane's book Get Lit Rising[20] (Simon & Schuster), is the winner of the 2016 Nautilus Award for young adult non-fiction.[21]

She received the President's Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama.[22]

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Get Lit – Words Ignite to Host 11th annual Classic Poetry Slam". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ "Get Lit-Words Ignite Founder Diane Luby Lane - Visionary Poet, Writer, Educator, Actress". The Hard Way. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  3. ^ "Meet Diane Luby Lane | Founder & Executive Director of Get Lit - Words Ignite". SHOUTOUT LA. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. ^ "Change Lab Podcast 34: Get Lit Words Ignite founder Diane Luby Lane on empowering teens through spoken word poetry". ArtCenter College of Design. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  5. ^ Schaub, Michael (April 24, 2019). "Get Lit slam poetry showdown brings teen performers to downtown L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Diane Luby Lane shows teens how performing poetry can ignite their dreams". Christian Science Monitor. 2013-08-09. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  7. ^ "Diane Luby Lane - Is it possible to change the field of education with poetry? Yes!". TEDxSantaBarbara. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  8. ^ "LA nonprofit Get Lit brings poetry, literature to students". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  9. ^ "Poetry in Motion...Pictures: 9 Film Recommendations Inspired by Poetry". CherryPicks. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  10. ^ "Get Lit - Words Ignite". www.getlit.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  11. ^ "Diane Luby Lane". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  12. ^ Pener, Degen (2022-01-27). "Writers Guild Foundation Announces Youth Screenwriting Program With Spoken Word Nonprofit Get Lit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  13. ^ "Get Lit: Igniting change one poet at a time". HS Insider. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  14. ^ Kelly Clarkson Cries During Powerful Student Poetry Reading, retrieved 2022-06-08
  15. ^ "Teen poet from LA uses spoken word to ignite change and transform communities". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  16. ^ Carey, Matthew (2022-02-22). "'Our Words Collide' Trailer: Doc From EP Rosario Dawson Gives Platform To Young Poets — "It's Ultimately A Coming-Of-Age Story"". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  17. ^ "Get Lit - Words Ignite". www.getlit.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  18. ^ Favre, Jeff (November 4, 2019). "Deep Sea Diving". Backstage. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  19. ^ "Born Feet First". Diane Luby Lane. 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  20. ^ Lane, Diane Luby (2016-10-18). Get Lit Rising. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-58270-576-7.
  21. ^ "2016 Silver Winners – Nautilus Book Awards". Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  22. ^ "Get Lit - Words Ignite". www.getlit.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
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