Welcome to Vermont Reads
A Statewide, One-Book Community Reading Program
Vermont Reads 2013 Announced -- 10th Anniversary of Program
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Vermont Reads by exploring poetry! Your community is invited to take part with this statewide read of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, an anthology of contemporary poems edited by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
Collins created this poem-a-day anthology to make poetry less daunting by assembling a “selection of short, clear, contemporary poems which any listener could basically ‘get’ on first hearing – poems whose injection of pleasure is immediate.” Students and adults of all ages will enjoy poetry in this book and other books.
Join us and discover – or rediscover – with others in your community the insight, beauty, and joy that poetry offers. Vermont Reads unites communities around reading, ideas, and activities. Libraries, schools, and other nonprofit organizations may apply; collaboration among town organizations and businesses is strongly encouraged.
• Receive FREE books and programming support.
• Host poetry readings and slams, poem-a-day projects, poetry writing contests, events with Vermont poets, and more.
• Listen to Vermont Public Radio’s Vermont Reads feature.
Learn More
Apply: December 7, 2012 or May 15, 2013 (We are still taking applications for summer and fall participation)
Vermont Reads 2012 on VPR
Join VPR's online discussion or call in your comments at (802) 552-3425
***IN THE NEWS*** VPR's coverage of Vermont Reads 2011: To Kill a Mockingbird receives national RTDNA/UNITY Award.
Listen to the winning segment
Vermont Reads Past Picks
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