She likes to believe that her students keep her young. They challenge her, exhaust her, entertain her, and give her hope for the future. Her husband Marty also teaches, and they have four grown children. Ginny 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. She is presently the Poet Laureate of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut. She has authored the collection Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005), and a chapbook Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010). She’s also edited several poetry anthologies. 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.