With a heart divided between the Midwest and the South, Janice N. Harrington weaves memory and place into questions about how we build a sense of belonging. Harrington, a Guggenheim fellow, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and a Cave Canem Fellow, has published four previous books of poetry: Yard Show (BOA, 2024), Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone (BOA, 2007), The Hands of Strangers (BOA, 2011), and Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin (BOA, 2016). Also an award-winning children’s writer, Harrington teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois. Her works have been awarded numerous honors, including the 90th Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the 2025 PEN/Voelcker Award, finalist status for the Midland Authors Award and a feature on the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award.