For Immediate Release
September 28, 2008

HERMON-DEKALB GRADUATE PUBLISHES
FIRST COLLECTION OF POETRY

New York City ---  A 1997 graduate of Hermon-DeKalb Central School, Janice Brabaw, has recently published her first collection of poetry. The book, entitled Universe, Disturbed, is currently available on Amazon.com and through Brabaw's website, www.JaniceBrabaw.com.


Have you ever sat down and re-read journals from your teenage and college years? That's what Janice Brabaw did. Angsty, angry, and downright cringe-worthy, the scribbled poetry made her want to toss the books in the trash and never look back.

Then a second glance. Past the cliché rhyme patterns, past the hyperbolic diction, past the melodramatic voice. She discovered a collection of bittersweet, authentic poems that reflected her inner turmoil while struggling with depression, failed relationships, problems with friends and school, and establishing her own voice as a young writer.

Janice Brabaw is a 2001 graduate of the Writing Honors Program at St. Lawrence University. Shortly after leaving SLU, Brabaw moved to New York City to direct and produce her thesis screenplay, The Space Between. She is also the author of And Again: A Memoir of A Life Disturbed. Currently, Janice Brabaw works in the television industry and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the daugher of Johnny and Gina Brabaw, of Hermon.


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