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Stephan Anstey is a Lowell poet and artist who collects snippets, images, and stories the way some people collect frequent-flier miles, comic books, or Toby mugs. With his true love and compass Ellen, he roams his native New England and various corners of the world, then brings everything home to shape into art for her, his kids, and his grandkids—his first and best audience. Founder of the Lowell Writers Group, Stephan’s work blends absurdism, humor, and the occasional melancholy gut-punch, drawing from mill city streets, his own wandering doubts, a boundless desire to have faith, family life, quiet rivers, stormy seas, and life’s many unexpected detours. He’s the author of Dragon in My Closet, Minor Gods & Jellyfish, Tarot, Learning to Do Without, and Squirrels, Turtles, Tyrannical Bastards, and Fascist Pigs—and he never stops looking for the next line hiding in plain sight.
January 6: STEPHAN ANSTEY
February 3: ABBIE KIEFER
March 3: MELISSA JUCHNIEWICZ
April 7: MIDGE GOLDBERG
May 5: CATHERINE O’BRIAN
Our previous featured readers include Liz Ahl, Rodger Martin, Ewa Chrusciel, David Banach, Bill Schreiber, Brian Evan-Jones, Meg Smith, J. Kates, Liane St. Laurent, Kinda Warren, John Hodgen, Sara Backer, Sara Letourneaux, Melanie Chicoine and Ala Khaki, Fred Gerhard, Jimmy Pappas, Kyle Potvin, Jack Casey, Roy Goodman, Chelsea Woodard, Carla Schwartz, Charlotte Pogue, David Thoreen, and Jeeni Criscenzo.
Poetry Nashua offers a place where writers and poetry-lovers of all ages and backgrounds gather in comfort to share and honor the experiences of writing, reading, and exploring poetry. Poetry Nashua’s welcoming atmosphere, its mix of sharing new work and discovering existing collections, along with learning about upcoming events continues to foster inclusive and profound comradery.
Poetry lovers meet every first Tuesday of the month at the Nashua Public Library at 6pm. A featured poet reads her/his poems followed by an open mic, where listeners can experience the sound of shared poems. Informal conversations follow with the featured poet, who may also make published collections of their work available for sale. Participants often gather in a local restaurant after the evening’s program.