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Janice Brabaw is the critically acclaimed author of Universe, Disturbed, a collection of poetry that has been hailed as "Prozac Nation in verse." She is a passionate advocate for childhood mental health awareness and has lectured on the warning signs of suicide and depression in young adults. She is also the author of And Again: A Memoir of a Life Disordered and the editor of The Best of Stain anthology series and Persephonous Blue Quaterly. Born and raised in rural New York, she now lives in Brooklyn where she runs Stained Glass Confessional and An Echo, A Stain reading series. Janice has performed through New York City and beyond in such legendary venues as The Bowery Poetry Club, Otto's Shrunken Head, and the Library Lounge. Her work has appeared in Poesis, smoke, Violent Femininity - A Journal of Female Poets, The Toronto Quarterly, Ophelia Street, The Record, and The Cartier Street Review. www.JaniceBrabaw.com.