Margaret Mackinnon of Falls Church is the winner of the 2011 Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Award, the Shenandoah literary magazine of Washington and Lee University announced this week.
For her winning entry, “Writing on the Window,” Mackinnon receives a $500 prize. The poem imagined the marriage between Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The contest, open to poets born or living in Virgina, was judged by Poet Laureate of Virginia Kelly Cherry.
U.S. Strikes in Iran: the Urgent Need for Congressional Oversight On June 21st, President Trump abruptly attacked Iranian nuclear facilities
July 3, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) this morning delivered the following remarks on H.R. 1, aka the One
On Saturday, June 28, Congressman Don Beyer and Virginia Delegate Marcus Simon were among the panelists for a Town Hall
Growing up in post-World War II America presented few options for young women past high school. College graduates could aspire
The U.S. Senate approval this week has been of perhaps the most heinous bill ever, stealing from the poor to
byThe Rev. M. Davies Kirkland Pastor, Dulin United Methodist Church (Ed. Note – The Rev. Kirkland’s 25 year ministry at
U.S. Strikes in Iran: the Urgent Need for Congressional Oversight On June 21st, President Trump abruptly attacked Iranian nuclear facilities with American bombers. The next day, he abruptly announced a
July 3, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) this morning delivered the following remarks on H.R. 1, aka the One Big Ugly Bill Act, during debate on the measure: “From
On Saturday, June 28, Congressman Don Beyer and Virginia Delegate Marcus Simon were among the panelists for a Town Hall hosted by the NAACP branches in Fairfax, Arlington, and Alexandria.
Growing up in post-World War II America presented few options for young women past high school. College graduates could aspire to be elementary school teachers or nurses but, once married,
