Janice Harrington: 5 books

Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she’ll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school, it’s even worse than she expected, as the kids tease her about her southern accent. Now Keet, who can “talk the whiskers off a catfish,” doesn’t...

Janice N. Harrington's debut, Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone (2007), garnered the prestigious Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone (2007),was published as winner of BOA's annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. The Hands of Strangers draws on Harrington's...

Ideal for Easter and springtime, an exuberantly illustrated picture book by a New York Times bestselling artist! Little Chick's mother is all cluck and no action. Mama knows her old nest isn't the cozy home she and her brood need. But whenever she vows to start building a new house, she's distracted—by...

Recipient of the NEA Literature Fellowship for Poetry and winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Harrington’s poetry is widely read in various journals including the Harvard Review. She is also a bestselling author of children’s books, appearing in Time Magazine‘s top 10 list in 2007. Primitive...

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.   The...