Credo

Credo Denise Duhamel (bio) and Maureen Seaton (bio) We believe in one gorgonzola, the cracker, the almond;in all cheeses, floral and herbaceous, complex, creamy, & crumbly. We believe in one quiche Lorraine the brunch of all brunches,pie of all pies, savory and loaded with bacon, onions, & nutmeg, truly homemade crust with butter and a rolling pin, not frozen,and a silky center. We believe in the mango on its tree of life. Through its juices all things, all things are made,all love restored, all thirst quenched in its sweet deliciousness as though the very branch it grew upon was heavenand all creation waits faithfully below to catch it when it falls. [End Page 186] Denise Duhamel Denise Duhamel's most recent books of poetry are Second Story (Pittsburgh, 2021) and Scald (2017). Blowout (2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She and Maureen Seaton coauthored five collections, the most recent of which was CAPRICE (Collaborations: Collected, Uncollected, and New) (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015). Her nonfiction publications include The Unrhymables: Collaborations in Prose (with Julie Marie Wade, Noctuary Press, 2019). A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, she is a distinguished university professor in the MFA program at Florida International University in Miami. Maureen Seaton Maureen Seaton (1947-2023) authored dozens of poetry collections, both solo and collaborative. Her awards include the Lambda Literary Award, NEA, and Pushcart. Her memoir, Sex Talks to Girls (University of Wisconsin Press), also garnered a "Lammy" and has been reprinted in paperback (2018). Her last poetry collection, The Sky Is an Elephant, was published by ELJ Editions in 2023. Posthumous volumes will be forthcoming.