Backed by more than four decades of experience in the education sector, Pamela Harrison, Poet commenced her career in earning a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Smith College in 1968. She went on to teach English at the Beaver Country Day School in Brookline, Massachusetts until 1971 before attaining a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from Vermont College in 1983. Progressing in her career, Ms. Harrison served as an instructor of English literature and creative writing at the University System of New Hampshire from 1988 to 1997. Most recently, she excelled as an adjunct instructor of English literature and creative writing at Dartmouth College from 1995 until the time of her retirement in 2011.

An accomplished poet and author, Ms. Harrison is the author of six poetry collections, most recently, “Glory Bush and Green Banana” from 2017. Other works to her credit include, “Whirligig,” “What to Make of it,” “Noah’s Daughter,” “Out of Silence,” “Okie Chronicles” and “Stereopticon.” Ms. Harrison is currently working on a book of poems entitled, “Widow,” which is about her losing her late husband, Dennis. Notably, her poems have been published in a variety of literary journals and magazines, including Poetry, Beloit Poetry Journal, Georgia Review, Green Mountains Review, Cimarron Review and Yankee Magazine.

Accruing vast success in her career, Ms. Harrison’s honors include fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Vermont Studio Center, having also been the recipient of the PEN Northern New England Discovery Poet Award from 2002 and was the Panhandler Chapbook Competition in 1988. In addition, she served as president of the board of Our Court in 1993 and 1994. Ms. Harrison attributes her success to having the privilege of getting to speak the English language, which she thinks is the coolest language in the world. She also credits a wonderful education that helped her realize that what literature does is teach us to be human.