Portrait of Sam Hamill

Sam Hamill

Sam Hamill has published fourteen volumes of poetry and more than twenty volumes of poetry translated from ancient Greek, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese. The co-founder of Copper Canyon Press, he served as its editor from 1972 to 2004. (updated 7/2010)

Hamill’s collection Destination Zero was reviewed in AGNI 43 by Sarah Randolf.

AGNI has published the following translations:

Elegy

Poetry by Ikkyu Sojun Translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill

My Hand Is Lady Mori’s Hand

Poetry by Ikkyu Sojun Translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill

My Love’s Dark Place is Fragrant like Narcissus

Poetry by Ikkyu Sojun Translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill

Face to Face with My Lover on Daito’s Anniversary

Poetry by Ikkyu Sojun Translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill

Night Talk in a Dream Chamber

Poetry by Ikkyu Sojun Translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
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