ABOUT THE POET

Janet McCann's poems have appeared in KANSAS QUARTERLY, PARNASSUS, NIMROD, SOU'WESTER, NEW YORK QUARTERLY, TENDRIL, POETRY AUSTRALIA, and McCALL'S.

She has won three chapbook contests, sponsored by Pudding Publications, Chimera Connections, and Franciscan University Press and a 1989 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship.

She has taught at Texas A & M University since 1969 and has co-edited two antholigies, ODD ANGLES OF HEAVEN (1994) and PLACE OF PASSAGE(now in press with Story Line.)

Janet's most recent book is LOOKING FOR BUDDHA IN THE BARBED WIRE GARDEN (Avisson, 1996).

Contact Info - j-mccann1@tamu.edu