VJP readings are designed to deepen our connections as a community. Each poet will read for 15 minutes, followed by a brief period of audience comments.

A list of the readers and bios is below. Zoom link is here

Accessibility Services for our readings include:
Automated closed captioning available
Verbal Description of self and surroundings by facilitators and readers
Email here with further accessibility questions

Lin Rae Lampert
Linda Lampert has been writing verse since childhood. She has written poems and memoir pieces and taught memoir writing in continuing education classes. She had a book of poems published entitled Sisters of the Black Tortoise and resides in Belmont Vermont. Her memoir pieces focus on life growing up in NYC in the 1950’s.

Toni Ortner
My website is toniortner.com where you can see my published books and reviews if you like. New books coming out are Passing Through by Deerbrook Editions, Prayers are Kites We Fly by Rockwood Press, and Monarch in the Desert by Dancing Girl Press. I host the Putney Library Writers Salon on Zoom to introduce presses to readers here in Vermont.

Judith Taylor
Judith Taylor is a teacher, writer and visual artist whose work reflects her particular interest in the creative process.