Biographical Information
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 combines history and poetry in two of her books.
Her 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.
Without Goodbyes: From Puritan Deerfield to Mohawk Kahnawake is a collection of poems based on the infamous 1704 raid on the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The poems follow the story of Joanna Kellogg, a captive child who was adopted into a Mohawk family in Kahnawake. Watch the book trailer to get a feel for the book.
In her most recent book, White Sail at Midnight, her poems express some of the mystery and beauty of the world. The poems have been described as poems of mortality that call out to the eternal.
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. Grayson Books, the small poetry press that Connors runs, has published additional books and anthologies, some of them by Connecticut poets, such as Waking Up to the Earth, edited by Connecticut State Poet Laureate Emerita Margaret Gibson, and Of Hartford in Many Lights, edited by Dennis Barone and Debbie Ducoff-Barone.
Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and numerous poetry awards have come her way, including, but not limited to, Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition Prize, National Federation of State Poetry Society's Founder's Prize, and Passager Journal's annual Poetry 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 Managing 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 Council of Poets Laureate)
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.
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 combines history and poetry in two of her books.
Her 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.
Without Goodbyes: From Puritan Deerfield to Mohawk Kahnawake is a collection of poems based on the infamous 1704 raid on the village of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The poems follow the story of Joanna Kellogg, a captive child who was adopted into a Mohawk family in Kahnawake. Watch the book trailer to get a feel for the book.
In her most recent book, White Sail at Midnight, her poems express some of the mystery and beauty of the world. The poems have been described as poems of mortality that call out to the eternal.
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. Grayson Books, the small poetry press that Connors runs, has published additional books and anthologies, some of them by Connecticut poets, such as Waking Up to the Earth, edited by Connecticut State Poet Laureate Emerita Margaret Gibson, and Of Hartford in Many Lights, edited by Dennis Barone and Debbie Ducoff-Barone.
Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and numerous poetry awards have come her way, including, but not limited to, Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition Prize, National Federation of State Poetry Society's Founder's Prize, and Passager Journal's annual Poetry 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 Managing 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 Council of Poets Laureate)
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.
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The Connecticut Poetry Society
is a great resource for poets in the state. A long-time executive officer, Connors has served as a facilitator for the Hartford chapter and as a coordinator for contests sponsored by the organization. Currently she is co-editor of Connecticut River Review, a national poetry journal sponsored by CPS.
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Grayson Books
is the small poetry press founded and run by Ginny Connors. It sponsors an annual chapbook contest, an annual book contest, and publishes poetry collections by local and national poets.
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