Michael Dumanis (born January 18, 1976 in

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) is an

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, professor, and editor of poetry.

Works

Dumanis’s first collection of poetry, ''My Soviet Union'' (

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, 2007), won the 2006 Juniper Prize for Poetry. His second collection of poems, ''Creature,'' is being published by

Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...

in 2023. Other works have appeared in literary journals, including ''

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'', '' The Believer'', ''

Colorado Review The ''Colorado Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine published by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University. History and profile The magazine was established in 1956. It presents the annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fict ...

'', '' The Common'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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, ...

'', ''

Iowa Review ''The Iowa Review'' is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. History and profile Founded in 1970, ''Iowa Review'' is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Origin ...

'', ''

New England Review The ''New England Review'' is an American quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. It was established in 1978 by Sydney Lea and Jay Parini. From 1982 till 1990, the magazine was named ''New England Review & Bread Loaf Quart ...

'', ''

Ninth Letter ''Ninth Letter'' is a literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It is an interdisciplinary collaboration between thSchool of Art + Designand the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaig ...

'', ''

Ploughshares ''Ploughshares'' is an American literary journal established in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, ''Ploughshares'' has been based at Emerson College in Boston. ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Along with poet

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, Dumanis coedited the anthology ''Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century'' (

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, 2006). With poet

Kevin Prufer Kevin D. Prufer (born 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet, academic, editor, and essayist. His most recent books are ''How He Loved Them'' ( Four Way Books, 2018),''Churches'' ( Four Way Books, 2014), ''In A Beautiful Country'' ( Four ...

. he edited '' Russell Atkins: On the Life and Work of an American Master'' (Pleiades Press Unsung Masters Series, 2013). He also served as the Section Editor for the poetries of

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, Macedonia,

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, and

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in ''The New European Poets'', an anthology from

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(2008). Additionally, he acted as the editor for Cleveland State University Poetry Center's new publications from 2007, when he took over the small press’s directorship, until 2012.

Biography

Born in the

, Dumanis came to the United States with his parents when they were granted political asylum in 1981. From 2005–2007, he taught creative writing at

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. From 2007 to 2012, was a professor of English at

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and served as Director of the

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, a literary

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. In 2012, he joined the literature faculty at

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. In 2015, he relaunched the print literary journal ''Bennington Review'', and serves as its editor. He is married to the poet and novelist

Monica Ferrell Shana Monica Ferrell (born November 8, 1975) is an American poet and fiction writer. In 2007, she was awarded the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for her debut book of poems, ''Beasts for the Chase''. Her novel, ''The Answer Is Always Yes,'' was published ...

and lives in

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Education

Dumanis holds a BA from

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, an MFA from the

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, and a PhD in English & Creative Writing from the

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Honors

In 1999, Dumanis received a fellowship from the

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, and has since received fellowships from

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, the

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Foundation, the

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Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, the

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, and the

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. He was also awarded a 2012 Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture and a grant from the

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.http://www.oac.state.oh.us/search/grants/Grant.asp?ID=10219

References

External links

Bennington College

University of Massachusetts Press

Sarabande Books

Cleveland State University Poetry Center

NEOMFA Program
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