Ginny Lowe Connors is a wonderful poet and also runs a publishing company for poetry.
She recently published a novel in verse about the Salem Witch Trials tilted Toward the Hanging Tree based on research she did. It would be very interesting to teach it along with The Crucible.
If she can't make it, she knows many poets in Connecticut.
Shannon
Ginny Lowe Connors’ chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010) won the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize.
She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line (Antrim House Books, 2012).
Connors’ recent book, Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village depicts the depths to which the human spirit can descend, while exalting the courage and humanity of that spirit in the reactions of many to the Salem witch hunt of 1692. The Hartford Courant ran a feature on this book, including a couple of sample poems and some video. You can view it here.
This book was also featured on the MassPoetry.org monthly blog--read the feature article and interview at MassPoetry to learn more about the book and the writing process for it.
She’s also edited several poetry anthologies. Recent anthologies include Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry and Laureates of Connecticut: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and numerous poetry awards have come her way, including Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition Prize.
She was named “Poet of the Year” by the New England Association of Teachers of English. A board member of the Connecticut Poetry Society, she also runs a small poetry press, Grayson Books.
Currently she is the editor of Connecticut River Review. The reading period for this national journal of poetry is February 1-April 15.
Connors has served as the Poet Laureate of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut and is a founding member of the CCPL (Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate). In addition, she is on the executive board of The Connecticut Poetry Society.
She writes a monthly column for the Hartford Courant called Connecticut Poets Corner.
She earned an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Ginny Lowe Connors retired recently after many years as an English teacher in West Hartford, Connecticut. Her husband Marty is also a retired teacher. They have four grown children and several young grandchildren.
Connors reviews poetry books for the New York Journal of Books.
She’s published several poetry collections, including Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line (Antrim House Books, 2012).
Connors’ recent book, Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village depicts the depths to which the human spirit can descend, while exalting the courage and humanity of that spirit in the reactions of many to the Salem witch hunt of 1692. The Hartford Courant ran a feature on this book, including a couple of sample poems and some video. You can view it here.
This book was also featured on the MassPoetry.org monthly blog--read the feature article and interview at MassPoetry to learn more about the book and the writing process for it.
She’s also edited several poetry anthologies. Recent anthologies include Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry and Laureates of Connecticut: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and numerous poetry awards have come her way, including Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition Prize.
She was named “Poet of the Year” by the New England Association of Teachers of English. A board member of the Connecticut Poetry Society, she also runs a small poetry press, Grayson Books.
Currently she is the editor of Connecticut River Review. The reading period for this national journal of poetry is February 1-April 15.
Connors has served as the Poet Laureate of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut and is a founding member of the CCPL (Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate). In addition, she is on the executive board of The Connecticut Poetry Society.
She writes a monthly column for the Hartford Courant called Connecticut Poets Corner.
She earned an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Ginny Lowe Connors retired recently after many years as an English teacher in West Hartford, Connecticut. Her husband Marty is also a retired teacher. They have four grown children and several young grandchildren.
Connors reviews poetry books for the New York Journal of Books.
Shannon McNeice
Library Media Specialist
West Hartford, CT 06107