The Poet and the Poem
2024-25 Series

Featured Virginia Crawford & Sam Schmidt

Click here for Virginia Crawford Sam Schmidt podcast.mp3

Virginia Crawford's questions for water was published by Apprentice House Press in April 2021. One reviewer said, "Her work mines the seam between the personal and the political. Her lyrical voice and intimate perspective address challenges faced by twenty-first century families, America, the world." Her chapbook, Touch was published by Finishing Line Press. She has co-edited two anthologies and appeared at regional festivals. She currently teaches elementary ESOL students. Find out more at www.virginiacrawford.com.

Sam Schmidt's books include Suburban Myths (Beothuk Books 2012) and Dark Bird (Galileo Press 2024). For more than a decade he edited and published WordHouse, a newsletter for Maryland writers, and hosted the reading series WordHouse at the Minas Gallery. His work has been published in such journals as Passager, Free State Review, and Gargoyle. He is a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Individual Artist's Grant and has a Master's degree in Comparative Literature from the Johns Hopkins University. His wife Virginia Crawford, also a poet, is the author of questions for water (Apprentice House Press 2021). Schmidt lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.

---