Hello! Yes, it’s been a while. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Gave a presentation to the Baltimore Ethical Society about using my writing to address things I cannot comprehend or change, another to the North Baltimore Chapter of the Maryland Writers Alliance about editing poetry, read as part of The Wilde Poetry Series, hostedContinue reading “Spring, 2022”
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Interviews:
Ann Bracken recently interviewed me about my book, questions for water. You can read it on her blog: https://annbrackenauthor.com/interview-with-ginny-crawford/ And I interviewed her about her new book, Once You’re Inside, Poems Exploring Incarceration Enjoy this peek into her compelling book. Virginia Crawford: Your book, Once You’re Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration, is powerful in so manyContinue reading “Interviews:”
Happy New Year!
It’s starting off with a bang for me. Monday I start a new full-time job, Thursday I’ll be part of the Putney Library event, and Friday I’ll host Naomi Shihab Nye for the Maryland Writers Alliance First Friday Reading Series! What a week it will be. And you? Starting or finishing reading or writing aContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Fall Update and Events
Does it feel like time is shooting by more rapidly than ever for you too? Recently I became the host of the Maryland Writers’ Association First Friday Event. We feature one poet or author and then have open-mic time. Our November event went very well, and I’m looking forward to more fabulous events each month.Continue reading “Fall Update and Events”
New and Exciting!
Beginning on Friday, November 5th, I will host the Maryland Writers’ Alliance First Friday Open Mic. You’ll hear the wonderful and varied work of Maryland writers and hopefully a few others from around the country. And I’m really looking forward to hearing from all of you as well. There’s always time to ask questions ofContinue reading “New and Exciting!”
Next…
I’m very happy to have another event to share, a virtual poetry fest with The New England Poetry Club. There will be 3 hours of poets sharing work! I’m looking forward to hearing and meeting some new people. You can sign up here: https://nepoetryclub.org/nepc-fall-poetry-fest-2021/ Since losing my job in January, I’ve been doing some on-lineContinue reading “Next…”
I’m going on a trip!
To the West Coast! But you can see me here on Wednesday! Hope you are keeping cool and healthy. Virginia https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/celebrating_the_2021_poetry_contest_finalists_with_little_patuxent_review#.YPLYbuhKg2w
Hello!Hello!
It’s been a busy week and a half. Much of it was spent driving half way across the country to a dear aunt’s funeral and back. I still don’t want to believe we won’t see her again in this life. And I spent much of the last few days helping our son prepare for aContinue reading “Hello!Hello!”
New Again
Good morning, and happy June! Yesterday I did something I haven’t done for almost a year and a half. I saw a film in a theater with my family. It was such an odd feeling – one part anxiety, one part excitement, and one part oh-yeah-I-remember-this. Discussing the film on the way home was almostContinue reading “New Again”
Books…
I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to finally have them in the world, to see other people with them, to read the poems to others! The events I’ve had so far have been wonderful in a way that’s hard to describe. Even though they’ve been virtual and not at all what I hadContinue reading “Books…”