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Janice N. Harrington Poetry Reading & Discussion

Tue, Aug 05

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Virtual, On Zoom

Harrington writes descriptive, lyrical, and experimental poems that speak to the Black American Imagination in all its multiplicity, advocating for a future that celebrates pleasure and self-fulfillment within Black communities.

Janice N. Harrington Poetry Reading & Discussion
Janice N. Harrington Poetry Reading & Discussion

Time & Location

Aug 05, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT

Virtual, On Zoom

About the Event

Janice N. Harrington’s writing reflects her interest in cultural history, the natural world, visual arts, and African American Life in the South and Midwest.

Her latest book of poetry, Yard Show (BOA Editions), grows out of her three earlier books of poems, Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone, The Hands of Strangers, and Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin.

Harrington is also an award-winning children’s author. She is a Cave Canem fellow and teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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FREE and Open to the Public

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