Denise Duhamel’s most recent book of poetry is Second Story (Pittsburgh, 2021). Her other titles from the U of Pittsburgh Press include Scald (2017); Blowout (2013, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award); Ka-Ching (2009); Two and Two (2005); and Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (2001). Earlier titles include The Star-Spangled Banner (winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry from Southern Illinois U Press, 1999); and the ever-popular and best-selling Kinky(Orchises Press, 1997). She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her poetry has been widely anthologized and has appeared in several of The Best American Poetry annuals; she was guest editor for the 2013 edition. Originally from Rhode Island, Duhamel teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami.
