Janice N. Harrington

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Janice N. Harrington
Born1956 (age 6667)
Vernon, Alabama
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Nebraska
University of Iowa(MLS)
Occupation(s)poet and children's writer
Website https://janiceharrington.com/

Janice N. Harrington is an American storyteller, poet, and children's writer. [1]

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Life

She grew up in Vernon, Alabama. Her family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska to escape racial segregation when she was eight. [2] She now lives in Illinois. [3]

Her work appears in African American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, [4] Beloit Poetry Journal , Harvard Review, Indiana Review, [5] Field, [6] Prairie Schooner, [7] Southern Review, [8] Black Nature [9] and other journals.

Career

She worked as a public librarian in Champaign, Illinois, and as a professional storyteller, appearing at the National Storytelling Festival. [10] Harrington was also the coordinator of youth services and a caregiver at the Champaign Public library. [11] She is now a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [12]

Selected awards

Works

Poetry

Children's

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