Denise Duhamel (1961 - Present)

Denise Duhamel was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1961 and is the author of numerous books and chapbooks of poetry. Her most recent publication is Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001). Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 2000.

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First Line	Comments
"...The use of condoms offers substantial protection, but does not
According to Culture Shock:
At first she was sure it was just a bit of dried strawberry juice,	1 Comment
I had sex with a famous poet last night	1 Comment
In the 5th century B.C.	1 Comment
is what we called her. The story was	1 Comment
my mother pushed my sister out of the apartment door with an empty
The blue forest, chilled and blue, like the lips of the dead
There is a chimp named Ai who can count to five.
They decide to exchange heads.	14 Comments
We must have clamored for the same mother, hurried for