Meg Hamill
Poetry. Writing. Editing. Instruction.
P.O. box 4474
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
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Bio
Meg Hamill received her MFA from Mills College in 2005. Her acclaimed first book, Death Notices, was published in 2007 by Factory School Press. Her second book, Trillions & Trillions of Heartbeats was published in 2008. Meg grew up in Maine but currently lives in Santa Rosa, California, where she works as a writer and teaches with California Poets in the Schools.
EXPERIENCE:
California Poets in the Schools, September 2007- present, Poet Teacher, Sonoma County, CA
Freelance Writer, 2005-present
LandPaths, July, 2006- Present, Outings Staff, Santa Rosa, CA
Save The Bay, September, 2005- May 2006, Field Educator, Oakland CA
Save The Bay, September, 2005- May 2006, Field Educator, Oakland CA
The Student Conservation Association. September, 2005- May 2006, Program Assistant, Conservation Leadership Corps, Oakland, CA
Summer 2003- 2007, Crew Leader, Various National Parks
Mills College, Fall, 2004, Teacher Assistant, Undergraduate Poetry Workshop, Oakland, CA
The Children’s Advocate, September-May 2003, Journalism Intern, Oakland, CA
Teach For America/Cureton Elementary, Fall 2001- Summer 2003, Lead Teacher, Second Grade, San Jose, CA
EDUCATION:
Mills College, Oakland, CA, Fall 2003- Spring 2005, MFA Poetry/Creative Writing
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, August 2001-January 2003, Concentration in primary, secondary education
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, August 1999-January 2000, Concentration in Chilean Literature
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, August 1996-May 2001, Bachelor of Arts, Languages and Literature
LANGUAGE:
Fluent in Spanish
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
Poem in State of the Union, 2008, a political anthology from Wave Books • Trillions & Trillions of Heartbeats, poetry book forthcoming from Resonant Books • Death Notices, poetry book published by Factory School Press, January 2007 • Published in There, an online journal, Fall 2006 • Published in Shampoo, an online journal, Fall 2006 • Published in Soft Targets, Spring 2006 • Published in Barrow Street, 2004 • Published in Blue Fifth Review, an online journal, 2004 • Published in Can We Have Our Ball Back, an online journal, 2004 • Published inWest Wind Review, 2004 • Published in Watchword, 2002-2005 • Environmental Column Writer, The Bard Observer 1996-1997
Summer 2003- 2007, Crew Leader, Various National Parks
Mills College, Fall, 2004, Teacher Assistant, Undergraduate Poetry Workshop, Oakland, CA
The Children’s Advocate, September-May 2003, Journalism Intern, Oakland, CA
Teach For America/Cureton Elementary, Fall 2001- Summer 2003, Lead Teacher, Second Grade, San Jose, CA
EDUCATION:
Mills College, Oakland, CA, Fall 2003- Spring 2005, MFA Poetry/Creative Writing
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, August 2001-January 2003, Concentration in primary, secondary education
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, August 1999-January 2000, Concentration in Chilean Literature
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, August 1996-May 2001, Bachelor of Arts, Languages and Literature
LANGUAGE:
Fluent in Spanish
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
Poem in State of the Union, 2008, a political anthology from Wave Books • Trillions & Trillions of Heartbeats, poetry book forthcoming from Resonant Books • Death Notices, poetry book published by Factory School Press, January 2007 • Published in There, an online journal, Fall 2006 • Published in Shampoo, an online journal, Fall 2006 • Published in Soft Targets, Spring 2006 • Published in Barrow Street, 2004 • Published in Blue Fifth Review, an online journal, 2004 • Published in Can We Have Our Ball Back, an online journal, 2004 • Published inWest Wind Review, 2004 • Published in Watchword, 2002-2005 • Environmental Column Writer, The Bard Observer 1996-1997
RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Wilderness First Responder certified, thru February 2011. Extensive travel through Latin America/Spain 1990-present. Designed & taught Experimental Poetry workshop in the Mission District, Fall 2004. Bard Papers Poetry Editor, 2001. Thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail 1998.
Wilderness First Responder certified, thru February 2011. Extensive travel through Latin America/Spain 1990-present. Designed & taught Experimental Poetry workshop in the Mission District, Fall 2004. Bard Papers Poetry Editor, 2001. Thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail 1998.
P.O. box 4474
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
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