Forrest Hamer (born 1956)[1] is an American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Rift (Four Way Books, 2007). His first collection, Call & Response, (Alice James Books) won the Beatrice Hawley Award, and his second, Middle Ear (Roundhouse Press), received the Northern California Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the California Arts Council, and he has taught at the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops.
His poetry has been anthologized in Poet’s Choice: Poems for Everyday Life, The Geography of Home: California’s Poetry of Place, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Blues Poems,Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry, and three editions of The Best American Poetry; and has appeared in many magazines and literary journals including The American Poetry Review,[2]Beloit Poetry Journal, Kenyon Review, Callaloo, Ploughshares,[3]Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, and ZYZZYVA. He was educated at Yale University and the University of California - Berkeley. He lives in Oakland, California.[4]
The Poetry Center at Smith College > Forrest Hamer Bio
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Library of Congress > Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools > Forrest Hamer > The Lesson
The Santa Clara > Hamer shares life experiences at poetry reading > by Richard Nieva > 02/05/09
Cutbank Reviews > Review by Helen Losse of Rift by Forrest Hamer > 02/11/08
January 01, 1970
forrest, hamer, born, 1956, american, poet, psychologist, psychoanalyst, author, three, poetry, collections, most, recently, rift, four, books, 2007, first, collection, call, response, alice, james, books, beatrice, hawley, award, second, middle, roundhouse, p. Forrest Hamer born 1956 1 is an American poet psychologist and psychoanalyst He is the author of three poetry collections most recently Rift Four Way Books 2007 His first collection Call amp Response Alice James Books won the Beatrice Hawley Award and his second Middle Ear Roundhouse Press received the Northern California Book Award He has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the California Arts Council and he has taught at the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops His poetry has been anthologized in Poet s Choice Poems for Everyday Life The Geography of Home California s Poetry of Place The Ringing Ear Black Poets Lean South Blues Poems Word of Mouth An Anthology of Gay American Poetry and three editions of The Best American Poetry and has appeared in many magazines and literary journals including The American Poetry Review 2 Beloit Poetry Journal Kenyon Review Callaloo Ploughshares 3 Shenandoah TriQuarterly and ZYZZYVA He was educated at Yale University and the University of California Berkeley He lives in Oakland California 4 Contents 1 Published works 2 References 3 Sources 4 External linksPublished works editFull Length Poetry Collections Rift Four Way Books 2007 ISBN 978 1 884800 75 7 Middle Ear Roundhouse 2000 ISBN 978 0 966669 16 9 Call and Response Alice James Books 1995 ISBN 978 1882295 06 7 References edit Library of Congress Online Catalog gt Forrest Hamer The American Poetry Review gt Jan Feb 2006 Vol 35 No 1 gt Forrest Hamer gt What Happened Archived from the original on 2008 07 24 Retrieved 2009 05 21 Ploughshares gt Authors amp Articles gt Middle Ear by Forrest Hamer gt Spring 1999 Forrest Hamer Sources editFour Way Books gt Author Page gt Forrest Hamer The Poetry Center at Smith College gt Forrest Hamer Bio Alice James Books gt Author Page gt Forrest HamerExternal links editPoetry Magazine gt Featured Poet Forrest Hamer gt February 2002 Library of Congress gt Poetry 180 A Poem a Day for American High Schools gt Forrest Hamer gt The Lesson The Santa Clara gt Hamer shares life experiences at poetry reading gt by Richard Nieva gt 02 05 09 Cutbank Reviews gt Review by Helen Losse of Rift by Forrest Hamer gt 02 11 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forrest Hamer amp oldid 1085703814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
