<DIV><p>&ldquo;Memory and its embodiment in a colloquial, yet highly wrought musical language are what originally drew me to Harrington&rsquo;s manuscript and what continues to pull me back. We learn the story of Lillian and Webster and their children and grandchildren, a black family living a hardscrabble life in the rural South more than sixty years ago. Set on the cusp of the Civil Rights era, the poems chronicle a way of life that has long since vanished.&rdquo;&mdash;Elizabeth Spires, from the foreword </p> <p> <B>Janice N. Harrington</B> is an award-winning children&rsquo;s book author and a nationally recognized storyteller. She works as a librarian in Champaign, Illinois.</p></DIV>