Cheryl Dumesnil Explained
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 Literary Mama.[2] She frequently writes about suburbia, parenthood, and lesbian issues.
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 Walnut Creek, California with her wife and two sons.
Selected publications
Sample works
Books
- Book: Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood. Ig Publishing. 2013 . (memoir)
- Book: In Praise of Falling. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2009. 978-0-8229-6041-6 . (poetry)
- Book: Toward desire. Syracuse University. 1996 . (poetry)
Anthologies
- Book: Yuba Flows. Gail Rudd Entrekin. Hip Pocket Press. 2007. 978-0-917658-35-8 .
Editor
- Book: Hitched!: wedding stories from San Francisco City Hall. Cheryl Dumesnil. Thunder's Mouth Press. 2005. 978-1-56025-764-6 .
- Book: Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos . Kim Addonizio . Cheryl Dumesnil . Diane Publishing . 2002 . 978-0-7567-9159-9.
Notes and References
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cheryl-dumesnil/ Huffington Post profile
- http://www.nevadacountyartscouncil.org/womenswriting/salonbio-CDumesnil.html Nevada County Arts Council
- News: The power of language, the vulnerability of the human spirit. De Jesus. Janice. San Jose Mercury News. 2009-07-29.
