“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” - Plato
Born and raised in Chicago, Janine is the author of Turning 50 on El Camino de Santiago, Weight of Silence, and If We Were Birds. Her work has appeared in Veils, Halos, Not Like the Rest of Us, Gyroscope Review, and "Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women."
Janine lives in Highland, Indiana, and is a former Highland Poet Laureate. She joined us from her home via Zoom.