Vermont poets Chard deNiord and Rachel Hadas will read from their recent publications in the splendid setting of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Art Gallery.
A wine and cheese reception will follow the event, and the authors will sell and autograph their books. The event is free, ADA accessible and open to the public.

Former Poet laureate of Vermont (2015-2019) Chard deNiord is the author of nine books of poetry, most recently Westminster West (2025). He also wrote a book of essays on contemporary poetry, and two books of interviews with eminent American poets. deNiord is Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Providence College, and co-founded The New England College MFA Program and The Ruth Stone Foundation. He is also Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Providence College. He lives in Westminster West, Vermont with his wife, Liz.

Poet, essayist, and translator Rachel Hadas‘s new collection, Pastorals, was published this spring, and a prosimetrum (alternating poetry and prose) entitled My Cloak is Poetry is due out in 2025. Hadas is a translator of the Dionysiaca of Nonnus, an epic from late antiquity published in 2022 as Tales of Dionysus; she has also translated three plays by Euripides. Rachel is retired from Rutgers University where she taught for many years. She lives in Danville, Vermont, with her husband, visual artist and filmmaker Shalom Gorewitz, with whom she collaborates on poetry and video.