Series editor of The Best Women's Travel Writing, author of Writing Away, co-author of Hell's Backbone cookbooks & Frommer’s New Orleans. Words in NYT, Tin House, Longreads, TEDx, AFAR, etc. Co-host of There She Goes podcast, co-founder of Studio Unfurl.https://bsky.app/profile/laviniaspalding.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laviniaspalding.bsky.social/post/3lo7mkweouc2nNational Poetry Month might be over, but we can pretend it isn't, right? I wrote my first official thing for Substack. I hope you'll read it.... https://lavinia46.substack.com/p/what-we-can-learn-from-poets-and?r=hywet02 May 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:vvaftdmawedo25dhmdxo7fhk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7mkweouc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laviniaspalding.bsky.social/post/3lkwdoatdmc2sJoin me this Monday from 9-11:30 am PT as I demystify writing the Modern Love essay! I'll share everything I've learned from two Modern Love rejections and two acceptances, conversations with the editors & writers, and a ton of research! Learn more and register here! https://27powers.org/lavinia-spalding-a-la-carte-a/21 Mar 2025 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:vvaftdmawedo25dhmdxo7fhk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwdoatdmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/laviniaspalding.bsky.social/post/3ljngsbivwk2yLet’s get your Modern Love essay revised and polished and published! This class is limited to 12 students and filling up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:vvaftdmawedo25dhmdxo7fhk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljngsbivwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/laviniaspalding.bsky.social/post/3lgvz3mp5hs2oHi, y'all, I'm posting for the first time to say I have a new personal essay up at Memoir Land. Thanks to @saribotton.bsky.social for giving it such a good home and to sis-in-law @meerasub.bsky.social for insightful suggestions on an early draft. I love my congregation of female writers! https://memoirland.substack.com/p/something-to-believe-in29 Jan 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:vvaftdmawedo25dhmdxo7fhk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvz3mp5hs2o