Visiting Writer, Caroline M. Mar will give a craft talk at Vermont Studio Center in the Red Mill Building on June 12, 2026 at 10:00 am ET. This event is free and open to the public.

Caroline M. Mar is the great-granddaughter of a railroad laborer and the author of Water Guest, the Editors’ Selection for the 2024 Wisconsin Poetry Series. She is also the author of Special Education (Texas Review Press), which won the 2019 X. J. Kennedy Prize, and the chapbook Dream of the Lake (Bull City Press). Carrie is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, a member of Rabble Collective, and serves on the board of Friends of Writers. She is a longtime ninth grade health educator in her hometown of San Francisco, and lives in Oakland, CA. She has been granted residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Hedgebrook, and Ragdale, among others. You can find her online at carolinemar.com.

The 2026 Visiting Writers Program is generously supported by The Rona Jaffe Foundation.

VSC is pleased to partner with independent bookseller, Phoenix Books.