Barbara Hamby

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

Awards and honors

*Vassar Miller Prize for "Delirium"
*Norma Farber First Book Award (Poetry Society of America) for "Delirium"
*Kate Tufts Discovery Award (1996) for "Delirium"
*New York University Poetry Prize (1998) for "The Alphabet of Desire"
*Donald Hall Prize in Poetry (Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2003) for "Babel"

References

* [http://www.rinr.fsu.edu/winter2004/coverstory.html "Poet of Pop"] , "Research in Review", Florida State University, Winter 2004. (Retrieved September 6, 2006)

External links

* [http://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/409/mambo_cinema/ Mambo Cinema]