We are happy to share the following announcement sent to us by the Retreat Farm regarding a poetry reading on June 18th by Emma Paris, 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate. Emma will also be at our Summer Festival: Gathering Voices on August 8th at the Highland Center for the Arts.
June 18 | Wild Resilience Poetry Reading by Emma Paris at the Retreat Farm, North Barn, 45 Farmhouse Square
Brattleboro, VT. Tickets: $0-$15 register online here.Emma Paris (she/her) was the 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate, and is an undergrad at Bennington College where she studies poetry and environmental science. She has an American Voices nomination from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, is a 2025 Adroit Commended Writer, and has been nominated for the 2025 Pushcart Prize. Emma has interned at both Green Writers Press and the Bennington Review, working as an editor and reader.
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