VCFA Board Member Katherine Paterson Appointed National Ambassador

Vermont College of Fine Arts Board of Trustees member and renowed children's writer Katherine Paterson was appointed the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in a ceremony at the Library of Congress this morning.

Paterson's platform will be “read for your life.” With books, she said, kids (and adults) use their “powers of intellect and imagination” and experience “delight.” Stories also teach children about people from other religions, races, and countries, she said. “Books help us make friends who are different from ourselves.”

This news was covered by the New York Times, and Publisher's Weekly among other publications.

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Wayne Lindeman
Alumni MFA in Writing

"The Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing Program, and its faculty and administration, have provided me with the most affirming and influential academic experience of my life.”