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Phyllis Janik

Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Janik was born in Chicago and now lives in Hinsdale.

Biography: Phyllis Janik began her career at Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois, as an assistant professor, 1969-74; then an associate professor of literature and the humanities. She was a Writer-in-residence for the Illinois Arts Council in 1975.

Awards:
  • Illinois Literary Award from Illinois Arts Council, 1978, for poem,

Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Phyllis Janik on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=phyllis+janik

Selected Titles

  Fuse /
ISBN: 0929968042 OCLC: 20976060

Another Chicago Press ; Chicago, IL : ©1989.

  No dancing, no acts of dancing.
ISBN: 0933532393 OCLC: 795280305

Small Press Distribution, [Place of publication not identified] : 1982.

 

 

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