howard frank mosher comes to mind who is in may ways a quintessential vermont novelist. he has maple syrup in his veins and is just a terrific writer, and he lives here. katherine patterson, on our board of trustees and is national ambassador of chirp's literature and best known for her work, a young adult novel, and i think there is a real core anchor. it's one of those odd literary cultures in places where people gather that -- in the northeast part of the country. have to go to brooklyn, new york, to get as close. i think part of it is people draw inspiration from the landscape around us. particularly for writers, unlike a lot of places where, we're a front porch culture, not a backyard culture. so you rely on your neighbors, learn how to work together, depend on each other, and from that comes the heart of what makes good stories, because you know people. so you know what happens in their lives. and there are not many communities in america like that anymore, sadly, i think. that those have the scale, and the kind of big sense of community and that we're all in this together. we're a unique town and we have an independent college, a 1905 independent art cin