Raymond P. Hammond
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Raymond P. Hammond is an American
poet, critic and editor of the New York Quarterly
magazine since assuming control after the death of William M. Packard in 2002.
Hammond was born August 31, 1964 in Roanoke, Virginia
. Packard had "willed" the magazine by asking Hammond in writing to take control of the magazine should anything happen to him.
Hammond is the author of Poetic Amusement. Originally written in 2000 as his Master's thesis, Poetic Amusement was passed around underground as a digital file for ten years among those associated with the New York Quarterly
. What began as Hammond's observations of the influence of "po' biz" and writing programs on contemporary American poetry became a timeless treatise on poetry itself. Using his experience with NYQ and devouring many literary critics across the ages from the ancient Greeks to contemporary critics, Hammond examines at once both our current literary environment and the essence of poetry. In seeking to answer the questions "What is poetry?" and "Where does poetry come from?" for himself, he encourages readers to ask those questions for and of themselves as well.
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poet, critic and editor of the New York Quarterly
New York Quarterly
The New York Quarterly is a popular contemporary American poetry magazine. Established by William M. Packard in 1969, Rolling Stone Magazine has called the NYQ "the most important poetry magazine in America."- History :...
magazine since assuming control after the death of William M. Packard in 2002.
Hammond was born August 31, 1964 in Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
. Packard had "willed" the magazine by asking Hammond in writing to take control of the magazine should anything happen to him.
Hammond is the author of Poetic Amusement. Originally written in 2000 as his Master's thesis, Poetic Amusement was passed around underground as a digital file for ten years among those associated with the New York Quarterly
New York Quarterly
The New York Quarterly is a popular contemporary American poetry magazine. Established by William M. Packard in 1969, Rolling Stone Magazine has called the NYQ "the most important poetry magazine in America."- History :...
. What began as Hammond's observations of the influence of "po' biz" and writing programs on contemporary American poetry became a timeless treatise on poetry itself. Using his experience with NYQ and devouring many literary critics across the ages from the ancient Greeks to contemporary critics, Hammond examines at once both our current literary environment and the essence of poetry. In seeking to answer the questions "What is poetry?" and "Where does poetry come from?" for himself, he encourages readers to ask those questions for and of themselves as well.
See also
Review of Poetic Amusement
Interviews
- Interview: Raymond Hammond of The New York Quarterly in The Abbeville Manual of Style, August 11, 2008
- Meet the Press: Nin Andrews interviews Raymond Hammond, editor of NYQ Books and The New York Quarterly in The Best American Poetry Blog, December 11, 2010
- Guest Interview: Melanie Huber Speaks With New York Quarterly Editor Raymond Hammond in Savvy Verse & Wit, March 4, 2011