Ginny Lowe ConnorsGinny Lowe Connors is the author of three poetry collections: The Unparalleled Beauty of a Crooked Line, Barbarians in the Kitchen, and most recently, Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village. Her chapbook, Under the Porch, won the Sunken Gardn Poetry Prize. Connors has also edited several poetry anthologies. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Founders Award, top prize in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, first prize in Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, and recently top prize in the Flash Ekphrastic Artist for Artists Project, as well as other awards. Connors has an MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is on the executive boards of the Connecticut Poetry Society and of the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. During her tenure as the Poet Laureate of West Hartford, from 2013-2015, she initiated the Poetry in the Parks program, combining poetry, nature, and art. Read More Read Less