Lori Lasseter Hamilton
“Birmingham is the chance to compete in poetry slams at coffee houses and see the roses at the botanical gardens, eat at hole-in-the-wall barbecue joints and international food stalls at the Pizitz. Seeing Phantom of the Opera at the Alabama Theatre and receiving life-saving cancer treatments at UAB Hospital. Birmingham means getting to share my words, and my heart, along with my fellow women artists of Sister City Connection at places like Desert Island Supply Company. This city means having the honor of sharing my poems about being a rape survivor at UAB’s Take Back the Night event every year. ”
Lori Lasseter Hamilton is a breast cancer survivor and a graduate of UAB. She's had four life-saving surgeries at UAB Hospital, including a left breast mastectomy. UAB not only provided her with her bachelor of arts degree, it saved her life, too. Lori is a member of Sister City Connection, a Birmingham collective of women poets, storytellers, and musicians. Some of her poems have appeared in Birmingham Arts Journal, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and Steel Toe Review. Lori is a medical records clerk at a local hospital, and she's been married to Robert Hamilton for 16 years.