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Joyce Maynard first came to national attention with the publication of The New York Times cover story, “An Eighteen Year Old Looks Back on Life” in 1973, when she was a freshman at . . .
Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard first came to national attention with the publication of The New York Times cover story, “An Eighteen . . .
Tony Hoagland
Tony Hoagland is the author of three volumes of poetry: Sweet Ruin, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Donkey . . .
Baron Wormser
Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry and a poetry chapbook. He is the co-author of two books about . . .
The 5th Annual State of the Onion Address
Join editors and writers of the world's most popular humor publication for an evening of scathingly funny commentary . . .
Joe Garden
Joe Garden is one of this country’s preeminent and most prolific comedy writers. He is currently a features editor at . . .
Julie Otsuka
Told from multiple points of view, When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka chronicles the heartbreaking evacuation . . .
Carol Potter
Carol Potter’s fourth book of poems, Otherwise Obedient (2007) was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in GLBT . . .
David Goodman
David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist, a contributing writer for Mother Jones and the author of . . .
Blake Bailey
Blake Bailey is the author of Cheever: A Life, recently hailed by the book editors of Amazon.com as one of the “Best . . .
Don Bredes
Don Bredes, novelist, essayist and screenwriter, was born in New York City. He received his MFA in Fiction from the . . .
Brad Kessler
Brad Kessler is the author of the recent memoir Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding and the Art of . . .
Daniel Lusk
Daniel Lusk’s recent books include Kissing the Ground: New & Selected Poems and Onion River: Six Vermont Poets. His . . .
Amanda Boyden
Amanda Boyden is the author of two novels. Pretty Little Dirty, her first, is in its fifth printing. Her second, . . .
Rita Dove
Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and . . .
David Cavanagh
David Cavanagh’s books of poems include Falling Body, released this year by Salmon Poetry of Ireland, and The . . .
Rita Murphy
Rita Murphy writes middle grade and young adult fiction. In 1999 her first novel, Night Flying, won the Delatorre . . .
Stephen Huneck
Stephen’s philosophy is “Do what makes you happy.” “I love my dogs,” he says, “so I portray them in my art.” Stephen . . .
Harry Bliss (2009)
Harry Bliss is a children’s book illustrator, an internationally syndicated cartoonist, cover artist for The New . . .
Mary Azarian
Mary Azarian, to whom the 2009 Burlington Book Festival was dedicated, grew up on a market garden farm in northern . . .
Castle Freeman Jr.
Castle Freeman, Jr. is the award-winning author of three previous novels, a story collection and a collection of . . .
Emerging Poets: Christopher Lawless
Christopher Lawless, a recent graduate of Champlain College, has had his work featured in “Willard and Maple,” “Down . . .
Emerging Poets: Jillian Towne
Local poet Jillian Towne reads from her work as part of the Emerging Poets segment of the 2009 Burlington Book . . .
