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Q&A with Author Interviews

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Interviews

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Q&A with Janet Burroway

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Interviews

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Janet Burroway’s Long Arc: How a Life of Movement, Memory, and Migration Shaped One of America’s Most Influential Writers

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Interviews

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The Whole Is Made Up Of Little Pieces: An Interview with Janet Burroway

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Interviews

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Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Interviews

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“Seven Songs for a Dead Son”

Posted on April 9, 2025 | Video & Audio

September, 20, 2025, Knoxville, TN, “Seven Songs for a Dead Son,” Art song composed by Philip Wharton based on the poems of Janet Burroway, performed by operatic soprano Carla Thelen Hanson. Details and recording to …

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OSO’s The Perfect Pig

Posted on January 27, 2025 | Video & Audio

The Perfect Pig (NEW YORK PREMIERE), presented as part of NYC FREE Little Island, in Hudson River Park.

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An Audiobook Preview of Writing Fiction

Posted on January 13, 2024 | Video & Audio

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“Old Mother Hood” Performance

Posted on May 24, 2020 | Video & Audio

Composer: Philip Wharton Vocalist: Rachel Storlie Pianist: Nicholas Shaneyfelt Text: Janet Burroway

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The Perfect Pig

Posted on March 22, 2020 | Video & Audio

“The Perfect Pig,” follows Piggy as he copes with his perceived imperfections. Aided by his animal friends offering the best aspects of themselves, his journey is in three sections, each with four improvements. Piggy tries …

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A Conversation with Janet Burroway — Missouri Review

Posted on April 10, 2019 | Interviews

The interview was conducted by email between September 2018 and February 2019.

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Headshots

Posted on March 13, 2016 | Plays

Aaron’s widow, Gayle, comes to ask his mother Vera to testify in her suit against the US government, on the grounds that Aaron had PTSD. But is that an “explanation” for his suicide that Vera …

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