Cheryl Dumesnil
Winner of the 2008 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, Cheryl Dumesnil’s books include a collection of poems, In Praise of Falling, and a memoir, Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood. She is a regular contributor to VillageQ.com and Huffington Post. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife and their two sons.