Denise Duhamel




Denise Duhamel

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born
June 13, 1961

gender
female

place of birth
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, The United States

genre
Poetry

influences
Sharon Olds, Albert Goldbarth, Ai, Lucille Ball, Roseanne Barr


about this author

Denise Duhamel's most recent books are Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009), Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005), Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005); Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001); The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999); and Kinky (Orchises Press, 1997). A bilingual edition of her poems, Afortunada de mí (Lucky Me), translated into Spanish by Dagmar Buchholz and David Gonzalez, came out in 2008 with Bartleby Editores (Madrid.) A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she is an associate professor at Florida International University in Miami.





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avg rating: 4.17 | 412 ratings | 64 reviews | 17 distinct works | 7 fans
Kinky Kinky
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.31 — 96 ratings — published 1997
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Queen For A Day: Selected And... Queen For A Day: Selected And New Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.07 — 70 ratings — published 2001
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Two And Two Two And Two (Pitt Poetry Series)
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avg rating 3.96 — 67 ratings — published 2005
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The Star-Spangled Banner The Star-Spangled Banner (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.06 — 50 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching! (Pitt Poetry Series)
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avg rating 4.24 — 29 ratings — published 2009
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The Woman With Two Vaginas The Woman With Two Vaginas
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.27 — 15 ratings — published 1994
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Girl Soldier Girl Soldier
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.50 — 14 ratings — published 1996
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Exquisite Politics Exquisite Politics
by Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton
avg rating 3.60 — 15 ratings — published 1997
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Mille et un sentiments Mille et un sentiments
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.27 — 11 ratings — published 2005
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Smile! Smile!
by Denise Duhamel
avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 1993
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"Language Police Report
After Diane Ravitch's The Language Police

The busybody (banned as sexist, demeaning to older women) who lives next door called my daughter a tomboy (banned as sexist) when she climbed the jungle (banned; replaced with "rain forest") gym. Then she had the nerve to call her an egghead and a bookworm (both banned as offensive; replaced with "intellectual") because she read fairy (banned because suggests homosexuality; replace with "elf") tales.

I'm tired of the Language Police turning a deaf ear (banned as handicapism) to my complaints. I'm no Pollyanna (banned as sexist) and will not accept any lame (banned as offensive; replace with "walks with a cane") excuses at this time.

If Alanis Morrissette can play God (banned) in Dogma (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "Doctrine" or "Belief"), why can't my daughter play stickball (banned as regional or ethnic bias) on boy's night out (banned as sexist)? Why can't she build a snowman (banned, replace with "snow person") without that fanatic (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") next door telling her she's going to hell (banned; replaced with "heck" or "darn")?

Do you really think this is what the Founding Fathers (banned as sexist; replace with "the Founders" or "the Framers") had in mind? That we can't even enjoy our Devil (banned)-ed ham sandwiches in peace? I say put a stop to this cult (banned as ethnocentric) of PC old wives' tales (banned as sexist; replace with "folk wisdom") and extremist (banned as ethnocentric; replace with "believer," "follower," or "adherent") conservative duffers (banned as demeaning to older men).

As an heiress (banned as sexist; replace with "heir") to the first amendment, I feel that only a heretic (use with caution when comparing religions) would try to stop American vernacular from flourishing in all its inspirational (banned as patronizing when referring to a person with disabilities) splendor."
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