When I was a young woman, I had this friend who was really beautiful, and she would talk about how she was losing her looks, that she wasn't as pretty as she once was. She was gorgeous, and I thought,… — 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, I thought, I can't believe this. This is fantastic. This is what I want my life to be. When I was a young person, I did a lot of dabbling in Eastern religions, and it was… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share
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 wears her heart on her sleeve and it is as big as the country she writes about. Is she the quintessential American girl? You bet she is, part Annie Oakley, part Emily Dickinson—sharpshooting poet of wild… — Barbara Hamby Copy Share
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
