Zoom Event– Putney Public Library Writers Salon: Emma Paris and Roxanne Bogart

Putney Public Library Writers Salon: Emma Paris and Roxanne Bogart
Thursday, March 26th, 7pm-8pm via Zoom
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Putney Public Library Writers Salon is a winter Zoom series hosted by Putney Public Library and Toni Ortner.
Toni Ortner lives in Putney, Vermont. She has had 34 books published by small presses. Most recent are The Van Gogh Notebook by Dancing Girl Press and Prayers are the Kites We Fly by Rockwood Press of Portland, OR. Her forthcoming books are Passing Through by Deerbrook Editions then Monarch in the Desert and the Door That Opens Into Light both of which honor the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Toni was Vice President of Write Action which is a nonprofit group that supports writers in southern VT. She taught English at the University of Connecticut and is now retired.
Emma Paris and Roxanne Bogart will be reading on Thursday, March 26th at 7pm.

Emma Paris (she/her) the 2025-26 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate, and a sophomore at Bennington College, where she studies Poetry and Environmental Science. Emma has been published in journals such as Chautauqua, Zaum Magazine, Chariot Press, Harpur Palate, MORIA Literary Magazine, Snaggletooth Magazine, and more. She has an American Voices Nomination from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, is a 2025 Adroit Prizes Commended Writer, and has been nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. Emma has interned at both Green Writers Press, and the Bennington Review, working on their respective editorial staffs. Keep up with her on Instagram at @vt_youth_poet_laureate_2025

Roxanne Bogart is a writer, editor, and wildlife biologist, who gathers inspiration and imagery for her poetry by spending deep time in nature. Her nature poems and essays have appeared in Tiny Seed Literary Journal, WriteAngles, Silkworm, Poetry Quarterly, Bird Watcher’s Digest, and elsewhere. She is a member of the International League of Conservation Writers, Straw Dog Writers’ Guild, and the American Academy of Poets. To learn more visit roxannebogart.com.

This event is free and open to the public.