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Barbara Hamby

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Barbara Hamby (born 1952) is an American poet, fiction writer, editor, and critic.

Life

She was born in New Orleans and raised in Hawaii. Her poems have been printed in numerous publications and her first book of poetry, Delirium (1995), received literary recognition. She lives with her husband and fellow poet David Kirby in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is a writer-in-residence in the Creative Writing Program, and he a professor, both with the English Department at Florida State University.

Published works

  • Delirium: poems (Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 1995, ISBN 1-57441-002-4, paperback ISBN 1-57441-003-2)
  • The Alphabet of Desire (New York: New York University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8147-3597-5, paperback ISBN 0-8147-3598-3)
  • Babel: poems (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8229-5859-7)
  • All-Night Lingo Tango: poems (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009, ISBN 0-8229-6017-6)
  • Seriously Funny: poetry anthologyedited with David Kirby (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2010, ISBN 0-8203-3569-X)
  • Lester Higata's 20th Century: stories (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2010, ISBN 1-58729-918-6)

Awards and honors

References

  • "Poet of Pop", Research in Review, Florida State University, Winter 2004. (Retrieved September 6, 2006)

Reviews