Cheryl Dumesnil
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Cheryl Dumesnil | |
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Reading at the San Francisco Public Library in 2014 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| 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.