Coffee Talk Conversation Series
“American Midwest”
Speaker: Justin Hamm – Published Poet, Librarian, Award-Winning Photographer
Sunday, July 28
2:00 p.m.
Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S Main St
FREE and open to the public.
The Hannibal Arts Council continues its popular Coffee Talk Conversation Series in July. The next program, titled “American Midwest” will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 28 at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main St. The program is FREE and open to the public. Program partners include Wade Stables P.C. and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
The July speaker is Justin Hamm, a published poet, librarian and award-winning photographer. He is the author of four books of poetry, Drinking Guinness With the Dead: Poems 2007-2021, The Inheritance, American Ephemeral, and Lessons in Ruin, and a book of photographs entitled Midwestern. He is also the creator of Poet Baseball Cards and the founding editor of the museum of americana.
In 2022 Hamm delivered a performance entitled “The American Midwest: a Story in Poems” at TEDx Oshkosh. Hamm’s individual poems, stories and reviews have appeared in many poetry anthologies and other publications and his award-winning photographs have featured in numerous solo gallery shows. Hamm currently works as an elementary librarian in Mexico, MO, where he lives with his wife and their two daughters.
The Coffee Talk Conversation Series is designed to be relaxed, informal and informative. Through the Coffee Talk Conversation Series, the Hannibal Arts Council will present community members speaking on various topics, including travel, history, health, food, well-being and yes, art. The series is designed on the premise that everyone has a story and a wide variety of interests and are sometimes willing to share that with an audience.
