I know that one of the things that I really did to push myself was to write more formal poems, so I could feel like I was more of a master of language than I had been before. That was… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
I was born in New Orleans, but I grew up in Hawaii. That was a paradise. That's a paradise I keep inside of me… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
I guess it was easier for me to find my voice in poetry than it was in fiction. I'm working on fiction again, and… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
One of my problems with religion is that it's limiting in so many ways. I remember the first time I took a humanities class,… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
Travel is something that I like to do because it gives you lots of images, and it also really makes you think about your… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
Cynie Cory roams the outer reaches of the heart’s territory, from the snowy winter of family life to the tropical jungles of love. She… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
I was raised in a strict fundamentalist household, and I always say that gives you a muscle of belief. I want to believe in… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
I think it's really hard to be joyful. I work hard at it. I always feel like it's a choice. You can be joyful… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
When I was a young woman, I had this friend who was really beautiful, and she would talk about how she was losing her… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me a lot… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
If someone didn't believe in me that would kind of be a compliment in a way. — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
You want to make a representative selection, but at the same time, you want to give a sense of the whole project. I have… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share Image
