[7][8][9][1] Diana Lucille Lang[2] (née Kettle)[10] was born in Bad Hersfeld, West Germany[1] where her American father was stationed in the military, and met her mother who is German.

[11] As a result of growing up in a military family[1] as a child Lang relocated frequently, residing in Herleshausen, West Germany,[12] Santa Fe, Texas,[12] Alexandria, Louisiana,[12] and Enid, Oklahoma.

[11] She cites The Beatles,[11] Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan as influences.

[25] Mark Lipman of Vagabond Books compiled the collection for Samuel Peralta's Lunar Codex time capsule project,[25] which launches art stored on memory cards and nano-fiche to the moon.

[26] The anthology is included in Codex Polaris, traveling to the Nobile Crater as part of NASA's Artemis program,[27] and is expected to launch to the moon in November 2024 or February 2025.

[28][29] As poet laureate Lang edited the poetry anthology Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo[11][30] and performed 141 times in 18 different cities.

[43][44] Lang was preceded as Vallejo's poet laureate by Dr. Genea Brice,[3] and succeeded by Jeremy Snyder, then host of Poetry by the Bay.

[46][70] Lang was a member of the committee to choose Snyder’s successors as poet laureate,[71][72][73] and judged the Solano Library's teen poetry competition.