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.
Awards and honors
Bibliography
Poetry
Collections
- The Alphabet of Desire (New York: New York University Press, 1999, , paperback )
- Babel: poems (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, )
- All-Night Lingo Tango: poems (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009, )
- On the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014, )
- Bird Odyssey (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018, )
- Holoholo (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021, ISBN 9780822966586)
Anthologies (edited)
- Seriously Funny: poetry anthology edited with David Kirby (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2010, )
List of poems
Short fiction
Collections
- Lester Higata's 20th Century: stories (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2010, )
Critical studies and reviews of Hamby's work
On the Street of Divine Love
References
- "Poet of Pop", Research in Review, Florida State University, Winter 2004. (Retrieved September 6, 2006)
External links