Printable view of Mark B. Hamilton

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

IN

Indiana US

Email:

markhamilton98643@yahoo.com

Link to resume:

Mark B. Hamilton's Resume [2]

Bio:

Mark B. Hamilton (MFA, University of Montana) works in diachronic forms to transform content, adapting from both Eastern and Western traditions. His poems often focus on the riparian zone of the Missouri River, where he has traveled extensively by kayak as an outdoor enthusiast and amateur naturalist. His special interests include First Nations cosmologies, pre-industrial America, and the poetics of change.

Recent ecopoetry volumes include: LAKE, RIVER, MOUNTAIN (Cornerstone Press, University of Wisconsin, 2024), the chapbook UPSTREAM (Finishing Line Press, 2024), and OYO: The Beautiful River (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2020).

Mark has taught creative writing, composition, literature, and editing for twenty years at Ball State University and Missouri Western State University. For additional information about the author, view: www.MarkBHamilton.WordPress.com [3] or contact him at: markhamilton98643@yahoo.com [4]

He is proud to have served two environmental publications: as editor of Words On Wilderness, University of Montana, and as founding editor-in-chief, Groundwork: a natural incentive, Ball State University. From 2004-2008, he acted as founding Director of Native America Day, in honor of the First Nations, Missouri Western State University. He remains an active member of ASLE, PSA, and AI.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Many and growing. Old and new. Emerging and re-discovered. Poets remain my community of choice. They have saved me. They have given me a place to be. They define who I might yet become. Recently, I have been absorbed with our new eco-poets, and the anthologies of Native Nations poets, especially as edited by Joy Harjo.

Born in:

Hartford, CT

Connecticut

Raised in:

North Granby, CT

Connecticut

Website:

https://www.MarkBHamilton.WordPress.com [2]

Prizes won:

Most Recent: First Honorable Mention, runner-up, for the 2024 Donna Wolf Palacio Poetry Book Competition.

Previous Recognitions include a: Matthew Hansen Endowment for Wilderness Studies, National Panhandler Chapbook Award, National Competition Anthology Award, Indiana Governor's Award, 3rd Wednesday Annual Contest HM, three Colorado Poetry Anthology Awards, two NEA Administrative Indiana State Visiting Artists Grants, a Literary Fellowship at UCROSS, an Honorary Literary Residency at The Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, and an Honorary Position as Visiting Research Faculty, Portland State University, among others.

As a scholar of pre-industrial America, his researched essays have appeared in: The Heritage of the Great Plains, The Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, We Proceeded On, and History Magazine, with inclusion into the Folk Life Archives, US Library of Congress.

Education:

University of Montana, Missoula

What I'm reading now:

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Edited by Thomas H. Johnson

The Best of Pushcart, Past Thirty Years by various

Writers Retreats:

Ucross Residency Program

Identifies as:

European American

Prefers to work with:

Any