
Michael Dumanis
@michaeldumanis
Poet & editor born in the USSR; professor of literature at Bennington College. Author of 2 poetry collections, My Soviet Union & Creature (Four Way Books, 2023)
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Saturday, May 18. 6:30pm EST. Michael Dumanis, author of CREATURE (fourwaybooks.com/site/creature/) reading with novelists Temim Fruchter and Rachel Lyon at The TheDreamawayLodge. 1342 County Rd, Becket, MA, United States, 01223 [email protected] +1 413-623-8725


Thank you to Major Jackson and The Slowdown for featuring my poem “The Empire of Light” on their podcast this morning. slowdownshow.org/episode/2024/0…

Excited to return briefly to Rochester, NY, this Wednesday 6/5 to read with Ilya Kaminsky, @racheljgalvin, Erica Cavanagh, and @sejalshahwrites at the Little Theater for this "Rochester Roots" event. wab.org/event/rocheste…


The Sealey Challenge day 9 from Four Way Books: CREATURE by Michael Dumanis is the perfect book for mid August and its suddenly narrowing days, its quiet revelation of how “Ours is the only of possible worlds”…


Issue 13 features prose by Rachel Lyon, @joluloff, Ben Niespodziany ☁️🐋, For the record i worked at a bakery in 2002; poetry by Cole Swensen, @barotrick, @adrienneraphel, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Stephanie Burt (Taylor's Version) 🥥✨, Wayne Koestenbaum, @thegalester, Adrienne Su; and @sandmansimonds interviewing Anne Waldman benningtonreview.org/current-issue-…

Wherein Michael Dumanis reads from CREATURE, a finalist for the 2023 Big Other Book Award for Poetry! youtube.com/watch?v=maOH1U… Cc: Four Way Books #writingcommunity

Join us this Wednesday in Decio Hall @ 7pm for a double feature event with poets Michael Dumanis and Bianca Stone. A Q&A and book signing will follow. Notre Dame Bookstore will be on site with books for purchase. Free and open to the public! english.nd.edu/news-events/ev…


Thanks for a lovely visit Notre Dame Creative Writing @JohannesGoranss & Paul Cunningham @p-cunning.bsky.social working so hard for this program; 👁️🗨️ and for your incredible creature poems Michael Dumanis 🦊and @JoyelleMcS presence 🏈


Thank you Michael Dumanis and Bianca Stone for a wonderful reading last night at Decio Hall! #notredame #creativewriting #michaeldumanis #biancastone





We’re welcoming Jewish Book Council to #AWP25! Please join us for “National Jewish Book Award Poetry Reading & Conversation,” featuring Michael Dumanis, Jared Harél, erika meitner, Maya Pindyck, and Carlie Hoffman. Visit AWP’s website to learn more. bit.ly/AWP25JBC





In response to the Trump administration rescinding our NEA grant, please consider helping Bennington Review @AtBennington

Thank you to Randall Mann and Academy of American Poets for selecting my poem “Sehnsucht” for their Poem-a-Day series today.

“My daughter told me that six was her favorite age but that she was very excited to become a seven-year-old. The particular number seemed so central to her developing sense of self.” —Michael Dumanis Michael Dumanis #AboutThisPoem poets.org/poem/sehnsucht