An Evening with Amber McBride

Vermont Humanities and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library are thrilled to welcome National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride to Vermont for a special evening. McBride—a poet and the author of the young adult novel, Me (Moth)—will reflect on how she uses her writing process to tackle the themes of loss, trauma, race, and healing through poetry. This event is free and open to the public and will also be available online.

Following the free program, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library will host a meet-and-greet reception with Amber McBride! Join us at the library for a Q&A with the author, plus delectable desserts from local bakeries, wine courtesy of Calmont Beverage, and coffee and tea. Tickets are $60 per person. All proceeds benefit the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.

Register here for the free event, livestream access, and to purchase reception tickets.

Amber McBride is currently an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She received her BA in English from James Madison University in 2010 and acquired her MFA in Poetry from Emerson College in 2012. She has also taught English Composition, English Literature and Poetry Composition at James Madison University, Strayer University and Northern Virginia Community College.

Amber is the former media assistant at The Furious Flower Poetry Center where she worked putting together programs and readings to honor African American poets and writers including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Nikki Giovanni.

Her debut YA novel-in-verse, Me (Moth), is about a teen girl who is grieving the deaths of her family, and a teen boy who crosses her path. It’s an exquisite and uplifting novel about identity, first love, and the ways that our memories and our roots steer us through the universe.

Amber is also a poet. Her poetry has appeared in various literary magazines including Ploughshares, Provincetown Arts, DecomP, The Cincinnati Review, The Rumpus and others. Originally from everywhere, Amber was born in Heidelberg, Germany and spent the first 18 years of her life living in several different states. She moved to the Charlottesville area in 2018 and loves calling Albemarle County home.

Her novel-in-verse, We Are All So Good At Smiling, was released in early 2023. Amber’s newest adult poetry collection, Thick With Trouble was released in early 2024. Her forthcoming book, Onyx & Beyond will be released in October 2024.