Denise Duhamel (born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American poet known for wit, feminist consciousness, and formally inventive engagement with popular culture and contemporary life. She is the author of more than fifteen collections, including Scald (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017), Blowout (Pittsburgh, 2013), Ka-Ching! (Pittsburgh, 2009), and Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001). Her work draws on Barbie dolls, consumer culture, and female experience, blending sharp humor with genuine emotional depth. A Guggenheim Fellow and multiple NEA fellowship recipient, she is a professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami.