Denise Duhamel. Courtesy Other Voices International Project.
Denise Duhamel (born 1961) is an American poet.
Life[]
Duhamel was born and raised in Woonsockett, Rhode Island.[1] She earned a B.F.A. from Emerson College and an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.[2] She is a New York Foundation for the Arts recipient and has been resident poet at Bucknell University. She has had residencies at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony.[3]
Her poetry has been widely anthologized, and has appeared in The Best American Poetry annuals. Duhamel has also collaborated with Maureen Seaton on Little Novels, Oyl, and Exquisite Politics. Of this collaboration, Duhamel says, "Something magical happens when we write - we find this third voice, someone who is neither Maureen nor I, and our ego sort of fades into the background. The poem matters, not either one of us."[4]
Duhamel was married to Filipino poet Nick Carbò. She lives in Hollywood, Florida, and teaches creative writing and literature at Florida International University, and in the Low-Residency MFA at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC.
Writing[]
Duhamel's earliest books take a feminist slant, beginning with Smile (1993) and Girl Soldier (1996); The Woman with Two Vaginas (1995) explores Eskimo folklore from the same perspective. Her best selling and most popular book to date, Kinky (1997), marries her bent for satire, humor, and feminism in portraying an icon of popular culture, the Barbie doll, through an extended series of satirical postures ("Beatnik Barbie," "Buddhist Barbie," etc.). Two collections that followed, The Star Spangled Banner (1998) and Queen for a Day (2001), move more broadly into American culture to display the same satire through the lens of absurdity. Later work is formally various with pantoums, long surreal explorations of American life, and list poems (Mille et un sentiments [2005]). Two and Two (2005) and Ka Ching (2009) also have the same tone.
Duhamel names as influences Lucille Ball, Roseanne Barr, Andrea Dworkin, Alyson Palmer, Amy Ziff and Elizabeth Ziff (who make up the singing group Betty), and the 70s television heroine Mary Hartman.[4]
Recognition[]
Billy Collins selected her poem "I've Been Known" for inclusion in his anthology Poetry 180.[5]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Heaven And Heck (chapbook). Cortland, NY: Foundation Press, 1988.
- Skirted Issues (chapbook). Bronxville, NY: Stop Light Press, 1990.
- It's My Body: Poems (chapbook). Chicago: Egg In Hand Press, 1992.
- Smile. Harrisburg, PA: Warm Spring Press, 1993.
- The Woman with Two Vaginas. Anchorage, AK: Salmon Run Press, 1995.
- Girl Soldier. Garden Street Press, 1996.
- How the Sky Fell. Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, 1996.
- Exquisite Politics (with Maureen Seaton). Chicago: Tia Cucha Press, 1997.
- Kinky. Washington, DC: Orchises Press, 1997.
- The Star-Spangled Banner. Carbondale, IL: Crab Orchard Review, 1999.
- Oy1 (with Pearl Seaton). Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, 2000.
- Queen for a Day: Selected and new poems. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.
- Little Novels (with Maureen Seaton). Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, 2002.
- Wish You Were Here (with Mary-Jo Mostrowy). Chicago: Poetry Center of Chicago, 2003.
- Mille et un sentiments. Danbury, CT: Firewheel Editions, 2005.
- Two and Two. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005.
- Mack: A poem. Philadelphia: Banshee Press, 2006.
- Ka-Ching! Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009.
- 237 More Reasons to Have Sex (with Sandy McIntosh). Rockhampton, Qld: Otoliths, 2009.
- Enjoy Hot or Iced: Poems in conversation and a conversation (with Amy Lemmon). Sleepy Hollow, NY: Slapering Hol Press, 2011.
- Blowout. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013.
Edited[]
- Saints of Hysteria: A half-century of collaborative American poetry. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull, 2007.
- The Best American Poetry, 2013 (edited with David Lehman). New York: Scribner, 2013.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
Audio / video[]
Denise Duhamel reading "Old Love Poems" at the 2015 Mass Poetry Festival
- Denise Duhamel / Elizabeth Alexander, February 26, 1992 (cassette). Washington, DC: American University, 1992.[6]
Except where noted, discographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Denise Duhamel b. 1961, Poetry Foundation, Web, Jan. 6, 2012.
- ↑ Denise Duhamel, Academy of American Poets, Poets.org, Web, Jan. 6, 2012.
- ↑ http://capa.conncoll.edu/duhamel.smile.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rock Salt Plum Interviews Denise Duhamel
- ↑ "I've Been Known," Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress. Web, Apr. 24, 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 au:Search results = Denise Duhamel, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 16, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- "I've Been Known" at Poetry 180
- "My Strip Club"
- from "237 More Reasons to Have Sex" (by Denise Duhamel & Sandy McIntosh)
- Denise Duhamel profile & 11 poems at the Academy of American Poets.
- Denise Duhamel b. 1961 at the Poetry Foundation.
- Denise Duhamel at PoemHunter (16 poems).
- Audio / video
- Books
- Denise Duhamel at Amazon.com
- About
- Small Press Spotlight: Denise Duhamel
- Denise Duhamel at The Poetry Center
- The Rumpus Interview with Denise Duhamel
- Interview with Denise Duhamel at Verse Wisconsin
- book review of Ka-Ching!
- The Power of Lawlessness: A close reading of Denise Duhamel's "Lawless Pantoum" by Marybeth Rua-Larsen
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