Michael Dumanis

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Michael Dumanis (born January 18, 1976, in

American poet, professor, and editor of poetry.[2]

Works

Dumanis’s first collection of poetry, My Soviet Union (

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Along with poet

Macedonia, Russia, and Slovakia in The New European Poets, an anthology from Graywolf Press (2008).[2] Additionally, he acted as the editor for Cleveland State University Poetry Center's new publications from 2007, when he took over the small press’s directorship, until 2012.[4]

Biography

Born in the Soviet Union, Dumanis came to the United States with his parents when they were granted political asylum in 1981. From 2005 to 2007, he taught creative writing at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. From 2007 to 2012, was a professor of English at Cleveland State University and served as Director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, a literary small press. In 2012, he joined the literature faculty at Bennington College.[5] In 2015, he relaunched the print literary journal Bennington Review, and serves as its editor. He is married to the poet and novelist Monica Ferrell and lives in North Bennington, Vermont.

Education

Dumanis holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University, an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and a PhD in English & Creative Writing from the University of Houston.[2]

Honors

In 1999, Dumanis received a fellowship from the

James Michener Foundation, the Wesleyan University Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference,[2] the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbertide, Italy. He was also awarded a 2012 Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture [7] and a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael Dumanis".
  2. ^ a b c d "NEOMFA". Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "Homepage".
  4. ^ "Poetry Center || CSU Poetry Center Staff || Cleveland State University". Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Bennington: Faculty". Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "Writers". yaddo.org. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "2012 Fellows". Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  8. ^ Grants

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