Janeczko, Paul B(ryan)

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JANECZKO, Paul B(ryan)

JANECZKO, Paul B(ryan). Also writes as P. Wolny. American, b. 1945. Genres: Young adult fiction, Poetry. Career: Poet and anthologist. High school English teacher in Parma, OH, 1968-72, and Topsfield, MA, 1972-77; Gray-New Gloucester High School, ME, teacher of language arts, 1977-90, visiting writer, 1990-. Publications: FOR YOUNG ADULTS. POETRY: Brickyard Summer, 1989; Stardust Hotel, 1993; That Sweet Diamond: Baseball Poems, 1998. EDITOR & COMPILER: The Crystal Image, 1977; Postcard Poems, 1979; It's Elementary, 1981; Don't Forget to Fly: A Cycle of Modern Poems, 1981; Poetspeak: In Their Work, about Their Work, 1983; Strings: A Gathering of Family Poems, 1984; Pocket Poems: Selected for a Journey, 1985; This Delicious Day: 65 Poems, 1987; Going over to Your Place: Poems for Each Other, 1987; The Music of What Happens: Poems That Tell Stories, 1988; The Place My Words Are Looking For: What Poets Say about and through Their Work, 1990; Preposterous: Poems of Youth, 1991; Looking for Your Name, 1993; Poetry from A to Z: A Guide for Young Writers, 1994; Wherever Home Begins: 100 Contemporary Poems, 1995; (with N.S. Nye) I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems & His Poems Collected in Pairs, 1996; Home on the Range: Cowboy Poetry, 1997. FICTION: Bridges to Cross, 1986. NONFICTION: Loads of Codes and Secret Ciphers, 1981. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles, stories, poems (as P. Wolny), and reviews to newspapers, professional and popular magazines. Address: c/o Author Mail, Candlewick Press Inc, 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140, U.S.A.