{"product_id":"primitive-the-art-and-life-of-horace-h-pippin-paperback","title":"Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace H. Pippin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanice N. Harrington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lyrical and biographical reflection on the art and life of Horace H. Pippin--the best-known African American artist of his time--\u003ci\u003ePrimitive\u003c\/i\u003e offers a searching critique of the condescension to African American folk art as supposedly \"primitive,\" and it also critiques the underestimation of African American life and imagination in the broader American consciousness. Award-winning poet Janice N. Harrington connects readers to this fascinating, odds-defying artist, all while underscoring the human craving for artistic expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanice N. Harrington writes poetry and children's books. She grew up in Alabama and Nebraska, and both those settings, especially rural Alabama, figure largely in her writing. Her first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eEven the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize from BOA Editions and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2011). Her children's books, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eGoing North\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), both from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, have won many awards and citations, including a listing among TIME Magazine's top 10 children's books of 2007 and the Ezra Jack Keats Award from the New York Public Library in 2005. A Cave Canem Fellow, she is also the winner of a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Poetry. Harrington's poetry appears regularly in American literary magazines. She has worked as a public librarian and as a professional storyteller, performing at festivals around the country, including the National Storytelling Festival. She currently teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760101490976,"sku":"9781942683209","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/02ddfab5971c6c127fe63e5f21fa4ae1.webp?v=1780171652","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/primitive-the-art-and-life-of-horace-h-pippin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}