Interviews & Readings


INTERVIEW WITH THE SUN MAGAZINE, 2023

Virgie was interviewed by The Sun staffer and author Anna Gazmarian about Because We Were Christian Girls, The Rapture, Y2K, and the role of shame in evangelical culture.

INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELYN SCOTT, 2022

Virgie was interviewed by writer and editor Jacquelyn Scott about Because We Were Christian Girls, grief, weird fundamentalist quirks, and the pressures of gender conformity.

WOMEN’S HEALTH INTERVIEW, 2016

Virgie and her husband, Ryan, were interviewed by WomensHealth about being an interfaith couple.

SMOKELONG QUARTERLY INTERVIEW, 2011

SmokeLong Quarterly interviewed Virgie about her story “The Freeze.”

EVERY DAY FICTION PODCAST FEATURE, 2013

Every Day Fiction’s podcast featured Virgie’s story “Seventeen,” read by Folly Blaine.

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