Forrest Hamer (born 1956) is an American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently ''Rift'' (

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, 2007). His first collection, ''Call & Response,'' (

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) won the

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, 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

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, 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,''

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and the

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. He lives in

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Published works

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References

Sources

Four Way Books > Author Page > Forrest Hamer

External links

* ttps://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/059.html Library of Congress > ''Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools'' > Forrest Hamer > ''The Lesson''br>''The Santa Clara'' > ''Hamer shares life experiences at poetry reading'' > by Richard Nieva > 02/05/09

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