Forrest Hammer. Courtesy Times Ten: An anthology of northern California Poets.
Forrest Hamer (born 1956)[1] is an Arican-American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst.
Life[]
Hamer was born in North Carolina.[1] He was educated at Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley).
He lives in Oakland, California, where he is a practicing psychologist, and lectures in psychology at Berkeley.[1]
He is the author of 3 poetry collections, and 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.
Recognition[]
His 1st collection, Call and Response, won the Beatrice Hawley Award, and his 2nd, Middle Ear, received the Northern California Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the California Arts Council.
Billy Collins included Hamer's poem, "Lesson," in his 2003 anthology Poetry 180.[4]
Publications[]
- Middle Ear. Berkeley, CA: Roundhouse Press, 2000.
- Call and Response: Poems. Framington, ME: Alice James Books, 1995.
- Rift: Poems. New York: Four Way Books, 2007.
P180-59- Lesson - Forrest Hamer
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Forrest Hamer, Times Ten: An anthology of northern California Poets. Web, Sep. 17, 2016.
- ↑ The American Poetry Review > Jan/Feb 2006 Vol. 35/No. 1 > Forrest Hamer > What Happened
- ↑ Ploughshares > Authors & Articles > Middle Ear by Forrest Hamer > Spring 1999
- ↑ ["Lesson," Poetry 180, Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress. Web, May 8, 2018.
- ↑ Search results = au:Forrest Hamer, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 17, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Lesson" at Poetry 180
- Forest Hamer at The Poetry Center, Smith College (profile & 3 poems)
- Forrest Hamer at Afropoets (10 poems)
- Forest Hamer in Times Ten: An anthology of northern California poets (13 poems)
- Forrest Hamer at PoemHunter (7 poems)
- Books
- Forrest Hamer at Amazon.com
- About
- Four Way Books > Author Page > Forrest Hamer
- Alice James Books > Author Page > Forrest Hamer
- Hear, Hear!, Forrest Hamer's weblog.
- Review by Helen Losse of Rift at Cutbank Reviews, 2008
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