WordHouse Poetry

Join us at the Noah Webster House on Saturday, June 1st for the final poetry reading of the season. June's headlining poets will be Steven Ostrowski and Eric Hoffman. All readings take place at the Noah Webster House and begin with an open mic. No registration is required. Each poetry reading is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated in order to support future programming at the Noah Webster House. The Noah Webster House will be open 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. during each reading and visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets to tour the historic home. Steven Ostrowski is a widely-published poet, fiction writer, painter and songwriter. His novel, The Highway of Spirit and Bone, was published in 2023 by Lefora Publications and has been called “…a literary road trip for the ages.” His poetry chapbook, Persons of Interest, won the 2021 Wolfson Chapbook Prize and was published in 2022. Steven and his son Ben coauthored a full-length collaboration called Penultimate Human Constellation, published in 2018 by Tolsun Books. Steven’s newest book of poems, Life Field, was published in early 2024. He is Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut State University. Website: www.stevenostrowski.org. Eric Hoffman is the author of several books of poetry and criticism. His most recent publications include Unfinished, the complete haiku of Sumitaku Kenshin, and Inscribed Red, a selection of haiku by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, both published by Spuyten Duyvil. His newest collection, Come and See, a verse interpretation of John’s Gospel, is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press. He lives in Vernon, Connecticut.