Janice N. Harrington

Janice N. Harrington’s latest book of poetry is Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin (BOA Editions, 2016). Her most recent book for children is Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles H. Turner (Calkins Creek, Boyds Mills Press, 2019). With the support of a Guggenheim fellowship, she is currently writing a book of poetry about African Americans in the rural Midwest. Harrington teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois.