Denise Duhamel
Denise Duhamel’s most recent books of poetry are Pink Lady (Pittsburgh, 2025), Second Story (Pittsburgh, 2021), and Scald (2017). Blowout (2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a Distinguished University Professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami.
Reading List
MAY 24, 2022
Turtles come to shore, dig holes and lay their eggs. City workers arrange orange cones and what looks like police tape to protect them—do I need to say it?— the way humans don’t always protect our own children. City officials dim streetlights so mama turtles can find their way in the dark, no glare. Once, […]
Lower East Side Boyfriend
When I came home from work, I saw a package for him, so I took it up to the sixth floor where he lived. I was puffing a bit since I wasn’t used to the climb. I lived on the …
An Unmarried Woman
An Unmarried Woman (for Jill Clayburgh, 1944-2010) When I first saw it, I was a high school junior. Jill Clayburgh was scandalous ballet dancing in her tee shirt and panties, showing her teenage daughter a wet spot on the bed …