Louise A HammondsLouise A. Hammonds has been writing, what she terms, socio-anthropological poetry, and says it is a means to excavate the bones of social issues, and give them flesh. Hammonds' studies in Sociology, Addiction, and Psychology are amplified by her expeiences as a Black, pansexual, single mother, dealing with issues of racism, gender, and social class. Hammonds integrates academia with her personal experiences of growing up in a segregated city in Upstate New York. She holds three Associate degrees: Human Services, Chemical Dependency Counseling, and Independent Studies (the Study of the Human Condition), from Mohawk Valley Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, (with a minor in Criminology), from State University of New York, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in, Creative Writing, from Goddard College. Hammonds resides in Oakland, CA. Read More Read Less