Reading Series at the Park-McCullough Carriage Barn
Monday, June 29, 5 - 6:30 PM
with V. Hansmann and June Gervais
June 29 Authors: V. Hansmann, writer and innkeeper at Prospect Street Writers House, will read from his forthcoming collection of poetry alongside June Gervais, author of Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair.
Park-McCullough, in partnership with Prospect Street Writers House and The Bennington Bookshop, welcomes esteemed authors from Vermont and beyond for a Summer Reading Series taking place in the Carriage Barn at the Park-McCullough. Once a month, beginning in June 2026, poets and writers, including Peter Cameron, Rage Hezekiah, June Gervais, and Anna Hogeland, among others, will be reading from recent work, discussing the writer's life, and engaging with audience members. This is a great opportunity to meet authors connected to the area, ask questions, and expand one's literary horizons! Admission is free. Donations support programming such as this Reading Series.
Print the poster for the entire 2026 Reading Series lineup! CLICK HERE!
More about the June 29 authors:
June Gervais. June Gervais’s debut novel Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair (Viking/Penguin) is the coming-of-age story of a young queer woman chasing her dream of becoming a tattoo artist in the 1980s, when the industry was a gritty, predominantly male subculture. Called “original, immersive, and wholly alive” (Kirkus Reviews), it has been praised in The New York Times, Newsday, Ploughshares, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, Shondaland’s Pride Month Reading List, Lambda Literary's “Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature,” and more.
V Hansmann. V was raised by wealthy people in suburban New Jersey; growing up to be neurotic, alcoholic, homosexual, and old. In June 2011, he completed an MFA in creative writing at the Bennington Writing Seminars, concentrating in nonfiction and poetry. He has submitted poems and essays sporadically ever since. Beginning August 2011, he hosted a monthly reading series, first in Greenwich Village that went dark in March ’20, only to reappear six months later on Zoom and finally die in 2022. Most significantly, V’s now a Vermonter, having converted a derelict nursing home into a twelve-bedroom writers residency, Prospect Street Writers House, in North Bennington.
