Cheryl Dumesnil
Cheryl Dumesnil | |
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_in_the_video_'Cheryl_Dumesnil_at_Radar_Reading_Series'.png) Reading at the San Francisco Public Library in 2014 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Writing career | |
| Genre | Poetry |
Cheryl Dumesnil (born 1969) is an American author, poet and editor. She is a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post.[1] Her poems and essays have appeared in Indiana Review, Barrow Street, Calyx, and Rattle.[2]
Dumesnil was awarded the 2008 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for her first full-length book, In Praise of Falling.
Dumesnil received her MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University and taught at Santa Clara University from 1994 to 2001.[3] She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife and two sons.
Selected publications
Sample works
- "Bernal Heights", Verse Daily
- "Don't Ask Me". Cortland Review. Spring 2009.
- "In Praise of Falling", "Narrative"
Books
- In Praise of Falling. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8229-6041-6. (poetry)
- Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood. Ig Publishing. 2013. (memoir)
- Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2016. (poetry)
- What Is Left to Say. Glass Lyre Press. 2023. (poetry)
Editor
- Cheryl Dumesnil, ed. (2005). Hitched!: wedding stories from San Francisco City Hall. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-764-6.
- Kim Addonizio; Cheryl Dumesnil, eds. (2002). Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7567-9159-9.
- Cheryl Dumesnil, Marika Lindholm, Katherine Shonk, Domenica Ruta, eds. (2020). We Got This! Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor. SheWrites.
References
- ↑ Huffington Post profile
- ↑ Nevada County Arts Council Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ De Jesus, Janice (July 29, 2009). "The power of language, the vulnerability of the human spirit". San Jose Mercury News.