Denise Duhamel’s most recent books of poetry are Second Story (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021) and Scald (Pittsburgh, 2017). Blowout (Pittsburgh, 2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She served as guest editor for The Best American Poetry 2013. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, she is Distinguished University Professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. (updated 10/2023)