Barbara Hamby’s sixth book of poems isBird Odyssey(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Poems in that book were first published inThe New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares,andPlume.
Two Poems
My brain is such a bully—wash your face, comb your hair,
Barbara Hamby combines exemplary exegetical skills with colorful commentary in her analysis of the biblical poem, The Song of Songs in her essay titled “Sexy Beast, The Song of Solomon.”