Cheryl Dumesnil (born 1969) is an American author,

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and

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. She is a frequent contributor to ''

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''. Her poems and essays have appeared in ''

Indiana Review ''Indiana Review'' (''IR'') is a small, student-run literary magazine at Indiana University Bloomington. Founded in 1976, it has a circulation of about 2,000. A biannual review, ''IR'' publishes essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, ...

'', '' Barrow Street'', '' Calyx'', and ''

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''. She frequently writes about suburbia, parenthood, and lesbian issues. Dumesnil was awarded the 2008

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for her first full-length book, ''In Praise of Falling''. Dumesnil received her MFA in creative writing from

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and taught at

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from 1994 to 2001. She lives in Walnut Creek,

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with her wife and two sons.

Selected publications

Sample works

"Bernal Heights", ''Verse Daily''
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Books

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Anthologies

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References

1969 births Living people American lesbian writers Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize winners American women poets 21st-century American poets 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American LGBT people {{US-poet-1960s-stub