Cheryl

Dumesnil

Poet • Writer • Public Speaker 

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BOOKS by CHERYL DUMESNIL

CHERYL DUMESNIL is an award-winning poet and writer, with a side hustle as a medical social worker. For over 25 years, she has taught poetry and writing in universities, K-12 schools, community organizations, and private settings. Her books include three poetry collections, What Is Left to Say, Showtime at the Ministry of Lost Causes, and In Praise of Falling; a memoir, Love Song for Baby X; and the anthologies We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, & Humor and Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife, Sarah.

"When you break your leg, you need a doctor. When you break your heart, you need a poet."

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