Justin Hamm

Justin Hamm's most recent books are The Inheritance: Poems and Photos and Midwestern, a book of photographs. He is the author of two other poetry collections, American Ephemeral and Lessons in Ruin. His poems, stories, photographs, and reviews have appeared in Nimrod, The Midwest Quarterly, Sugar House Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, and a host of other publications. Recent work has also been selected for New Poetry from the Midwest (New American Press) and the Stanley Hanks Memorial Poetry Prize from the St. Louis Poetry Center. In 2019, his poem "Goodbye, Sancho Panza" was chosen as part of of the curriculum for the World Scholar's Cup. It has been studied by tens of thousands of students worldwide.

Justin's photographs have hung in the Art House Gallery in Fulton, Missouri and have earned a twelve-page, full-color feature in San Pedro River Review as well as the Inkslinger Award from Buffalo Almanack. His work has been or will soon be featured in solo exhibits in Columbia, Missouri, the Normal Public Library in Normal, Illinois, Presser Arts Center in Mexico, Missouri, and The Mississippi River Gallery in Hannibal, Missouri. Justin works at the District Librarian at North Callaway R-1 Schools and lives in Mexico with his wife, Mel, and daughters, Abbey and Sophie.