Lynda V. E. Crawford was born and raised in Barbados and lives in the United States. Both homes punctuate her writing. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has appeared in online and print journals including Prairie Schooner, ArtsEtc Barbados, The Caribbean Writer, The Galway Review, The Bookends Review, Moonstone Arts Center anthologies (various), Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub, California Quarterly, and Exposition Review. She is a graduate of The University of Connecticut (Bachelors) and Long Island University (United Nations Graduate Certificate) (Masters). Crawford is the author of Washing Water, a 2024 debut poetry collection published by World Stage Press. Washing Water is a poetry collection that lilts life through the eyes of Caribbean girls and women across the African diaspora. The poems weave vignettes of ancestor-women, known and unknown, who have lived the fat belly of life and understand its joys and imperfections. Washing Water entwines stories that hold hands with ancestors and progeny to talk together of rain and wash water. 

Writers, performers and lovers of verse are invited to spend time sharing work and experiences in support of the lonely sport of writing and building a community of MWA writers. There will be a featured reader/speaker with an open mic to follow. Click here for details.

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