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.

THE GOOD BOOK PODCAST INTERVIEW, 2018

The Good Book Podcast interviewed Virgie about her short story collection on Christian fundamentalist girlhood and her own upbringing as an independent fundamental Baptist

WOMEN’S HEALTH INTERVIEW, 2016

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

MR. BEAR’S VIOLET HOUR SALOON PODCAST FEATURE, 2015

Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour Saloon featured Virgie’s story “The Freeze.”

THE INNER LOOP READING SERIES, WASHINGTON, DC, 2015

Virgie was a guest reader for The Inner Loop reading series’ one-year anniversary party.

SMOKELONG QUARTERLY BOOK LAUNCH, ARLINGTON, VA, 2014

Virgie read at the book launch of SmokeLong Quarterly: The Best of the First Ten Years, which features her story “The Freeze.”

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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