Write Action writers will present excerpts from their recently published books. Books will be available for purchase at the reading.
David Kent Young, a Navy submarine veteran, is a resident of Stratton, Vermont, where he has served as the Town Clerk for over 25 years. He wrote Stratton’s Town History many years ago and currently enjoys writing poetry to accompany his wife, Siobhan’s nature photography – a “hobby” that has resulted in four self-published books.
Steve Minkin writes and draws in Brattleboro. He has published two books of poetry and numerous articles on diverse subjects. Steve Minkin‘s latest book of poetry, Moral Oblivion, concerns wars, injustices and crimes against humanity. He is a recipient of a national magazine award for investigative reporting.
Gregg Orifici is a poet, memoirist, international educator and garden/landscape designer. He has gardened in residence at The Great Dixter in England, Villa San Giuliano in Sicily, and Jardín Botánico de Vallarta in Mexico, inspiring his creativity, both on the page and in the New England gardens he designs. Orifici holds a JD from Vanderbilt University and an MFA in Creative Writing from University of New Hampshire. His first collection of poems, Rattle of the Sun, was published by Decatur Dixon Press in 2025. He lives with his artist partner and four Jack Russells on a hilltop garden-in-progress in southern Vermont.
Terry Hauptman will be reading from her eighth full length book of poetry, Shattered. “These poems are on fire with grief and anger, as they should be” writes Rosanna Warren. Terry holds a Master’s Degree in Poetry from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D in Interdisciplinary studies from Ohio University. She reads her poetry rhapsodically and exhibits her luminous Scrolls nationally. She has taught World Art, Poetry and Ethnopoetics at several universities and workshops, most recently at Green Mountain College.
Louise Rader has had two poetry collections published, another accepted for publication, and nineteen self-published. She will read mainly from her latest published collection, The Visit. A retired psycho-therapist, she attends to the dancing moment on her manual typewriter, hailing from NYC, Brattleboro, and now northern Vermont. She says, “Always deep gratitude for Write Action.”
Deborah Lee Luskin’s memoir, Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress, is forthcoming from Sibylline Press on November 4. Luskin has been an editorial columnist, radio commentator, pen-for-hire, and blogger. Her first novel, Into the Wilderness, won the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Regional Fiction. She is also a veteran educator, teaching writing and literature-based humanities classes throughout Vermont. She lives in Newfane with her husband, a dog, and chickens.
