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Danusha Laméris is an American poet

Life
Danusha Laméris is an American poet, born July 5th, 1971 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Barbadian mother and a Dutch father. Her family moved to Mill Valley, California by the time she was a year old, and she attended Marin Country Day School there. Later, they relocated to Berkeley, CA and she graduated from The College Preparatory School. She received a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz, studying with Mexican-American muralist/painter, Eduardo Carrillo.

She went on to study privately with the poet Ellen Bass, as well as with poets Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar. She teaches independent poetry workshops, and resides in Santa Cruz.

Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including: American Poetry Review, Tin House, The Gettysburg Review, The Sun Magazine, and Best American Poetry. Her poem Pigeons was selected by Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and published in The New York Times.

She is also the co-creator of The Hive Poetry Collective, a radio show/podcast and poetry organization based in Santa Cruz, CA.

Awards and Honors

 * 2017, “The Watch” in Best American Poetry,
 * 2013, Morton Marcus Prize in poetry for “Riding Bareback,” selected by Gary Young.
 * 2013, Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye.
 * 2015, The Moons of August, finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award.
 * 2015, Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize for “The Bedouin Dress.”

Works

 * The Moons of August, Autumn House Press, 2014, ISBN: 978-1932870954
 * Bonfire Opera, University of Pittsburgh Press, Spring 2020, ISBN: 978-0822966050