Toni Ortner, who lives in Putney, Vermont is the author of 20 poetry books and a memoir. Her recent writing as well as reviews of her work can be viewed on vermontviews.org at the Old Lady Blog. Toni is widely published. Her previous book for Mayapple Press, As if Anything Could Grow Back Perfect, is a chapbook which came out in 1979. During the last two years she has published Writing with Our Blood, Don't Sit Shiva for Me, Currents We Never Dream Of, Water Poems, Traveling: a Perspective, and Jeopardy. End Rhymes for End Times and Stories We Tell Ourselves to Survive (with original art work) will be published in 2017. Toni hosts the Write Action Radio Hour on WVEW l07.7 FM, Brattleboro, VT. On the monthly show she interviews writers and they read their work. She gives readings at bookstores and libraries.