Virginia Heslinga
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Virginia Heslinga

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Virginia serves as an Associate Professor of Humanities for Anna Maria College in Massachusetts. For five decades, she has taught students from pre-school to grad school, Appalachia to Inner Mongolia, ASL to drama, and research to creative writing. Virginia has published articles in educational journals read around the world. In 2023, her memoir, Grace Interlaced, told of childhood trauma, due to a nighttime house fire and the death of her youngest brother. Shattering silence, blame, and pain cause oppressive changes in the family. Grace Interlaced, also presented a healing process in courage, hope, love, grace, and forgiveness. Virginia reads the audible version of Grace Interlaced. In 2024, the book was translated into Spanish, Gracia entrelazada, by a professional translator who read the English version and wanted it available in his native language. In 2024, the second edition of Wounded Dove appeared with text revisions and illustrations and photos. The main character became crippled by polio in the epidemic in Worcester, MA in the early 1900s. Though in the fiction category, everything in Wounded Dove really happened. No ideas of accessibility for physical challenges existed then. While many polio sufferers gave up on a full life, the protagonist did not. Although she conquered many restrictions and prejudices, her hopes for love led her into danger. 2025 Virginia presents the series, Did You Eat, set in China. Book One, China Sweet and Sour, shows how a summer of challenges in cross-cultural education, communication, relationships, ethics, and faith created a taste for learning more of the flavors of ancient and modern China. Virginia returned for seven more summers working with teachers of English in remote areas of China. Book Two, China Spicy and Salty is underway. Virginia writes each day, spends time with family, friends, and community groups, teaches, reads, and travels.
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