My book, Inheritance Of Aging Self, explores how our sense of self and place changes as we grow older. It is available from Finishing Line Press, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon. If you know of reading opportunities, please let me know, I would love to share my poems with you!
I’m delighted that 2 of my quilts will be included in The Inner Loop‘s 7th Anniversary Celebration at 7:30 on April 20th. Join us and feast your eyes on some wonderful art while listening to a group of amazing authors. And cocktails, there will be cocktails. More info on how to join here.
In a snarky poem that I wrote awhile back about living with all of our digital conveniences, I spoke about my fear that my grandchild would think of me as Instagramma. And now I really fear that because I finally got around to joining the Instagram world. You can follow me there as stitches_and_stanzas.
I am delighted to have the title poem from Inheritance Of Aging Self (Finishing Line Press) in the Maryland State Arts Council’s Identity exhibit. Much as we all miss being able to physically attend exhibits, this is a gorgeous online experience, and a very nicely curated collection of both visual and written work, online until April 6th, please check it out!
The last time that I entered a quilt in a show was about 30 years ago (and imagine my shock when it won an honorable mention!). I didn’t make another quilt until about 3 years ago when I decided to dive back in. Since then I haven’t been able to stop quilting and I finally decided to get brave and enter a quilt in a show. These days most quilt shows are online and in order to enter a quilt, you need to send a number of pictures–front, back, binding, details, etc., depending on the show. So far no prizes, but some encouraging feedback. One show asked for a picture that shows both the front and a corner of the back and I thought I’d share that here because it shows the pieced back, which is something that I often do, rather than a solid piece of fabric on the back. The reasons for doing that are because it is a great way to use up miscellaneous pieces of fabric left over from quilt fronts and because it is a pretty surprise when someone looks at the back. So without further ado, here is my quilt, This Is Where We’re At:
I am delighted to announce that my full-length collection of poetry, Inheritance Of Aging Self, will be published next fall by Finishing Line Press. This book has been a few years in the making (I had to grow old-ish to write it!) and sooner or later I’ll probably write a longer description blurb, but for now I’ll just say that the title is a pretty big clue about the subjects that I tackle in these poems.
As we get closer to publication, I’ll be sharing a lot more about the book, and over the next few months will be tweaking this website and endeavoring to be a bit more diligent about social media, so stay tuned. And I should also mention that the book will be available for pre-ordering beginning this summer (a lot more about that later).
If you would like me to share a few of these poems at a reading, please get in contact, I’d love to discuss that with you!
One last note–as some of you know, I have also been actively creating art again after a long hiatus, working now in improv quilting and I am going to be posting some pictures of my quilts and more about my work here on this blog starting very soon. For now, I’ll leave you with a detail picture from a quilt that I titled, You Are Here, Or Maybe There. No guarantees of how long it will stay there, but as I write this, a larger detail of this quilt is also in the banner on my Facebook page. More coming soon, I’m still working on the photos.
Many thanks to Global Poemic for including my poem, Stay-At-Home Pantry in their collection of work about Covid-19. The poem begins,
Jars of peanut butter in my pantry
four, creamy, not chunky
Rolls of toilet paper in the bathroom cabinet
I’d rather not say
This is one of several inventory poems that I have written in the last several months with the intent of simply noting down observations during this challenging time.
You can read the rest of the poem here.
I am delighted to have my poem, “My Grandmother’s Tea Cups” included in the anthology, “Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just Me? Women Over Forty Writing About Aging” which is now available from Amazon! Profound appreciation to Janette Schafer, Nina Padolf, Wendy Scott, and Holly Spencer for all the hard work that it took to get this wonderful collection into the world!
We have four wonderful readings scheduled for the spring of 2020. All readings will be from 2-4 pm at the Quince Orchard Library in Gaithersburg. All readings are hosted by Lucinda Marshall. Please note that our first 3 readings will be on the 2nd Sunday of the month. In April, however, we will read on the 3rd Sunday due to Easter falling on the 2nd Sunday.
January 12:
February 9:
March 8:
April 19:
My poem, Winter Beach, which won the 2019 Montgomery Writes! Poetry Contest is now online. Many thanks to the Montgomery chapter of Maryland Writers’ Association and Montgomery Magazine for this honor!
Lucinda Marshall, photo by Jaree Donnelly