NEXT YEAR’S WORDS

founded and hosted by Susan Chute

"And next year's words await another voice." - T.S. Eliot

The Elting Memorial Library is proud to host the fourth installment of the tenth season of Next Year's Words, a New Paltz reader's forum! The event can be attended in person in the Steinberg Reading Room or viewed over Zoom.

"Next Year's Words is a reading forum in New Paltz for creative writing in local communities. We aim to mix young and seasoned voices, juxtaposing works of fiction, poetry, memoir, and nonfiction from different stages of life. Includes an open mic, refreshments, and intriguing introductions. Endorsed by Wallkill Valley Writers and the SUNY New Paltz English Department."

Join us in person at the Library:
ELTING MEMORIAL LIBRARY
93 Main Street
New Paltz, NY 12561

Join us via Zoom

CONTACT

Next Year's Words: A New Paltz Literary Forum
readandlisten@npnextyearswords.org

LOOK AHEAD

  • February 21, 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

    Sally Van Doren
    is the author of four poetry collections: Sibilance, Promise, Possessive, and Sex at Noon Taxes, which received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets. A graduate of Princeton University (BA) and University of Missouri-St. Louis (MFA), she has taught poetry at the 92nd Street Y and in the St. Louis Public Schools. A practicing visual artist, Van Doren exhibits regularly. Her work appears on the cover of her two recent books and The Difference is Spreading: Fifty Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems. A native St. Louisana, she works from her studio in West Cornwall, CT.

    Matthew Spireng
    Matthew, also known as “Matt,” won the 2019 SInclair Poetry Prize for his most recent full-length poetry book, Good Work. His other full-length books are What Focus Is and Out of
    Body, winner of the 2004 Poetry Award from Bluestem Press at Emporia State University. Published chapter books are: Clear Cut; Young Farmer; Encounters; Inspiration Point (winner of the 2000 Bright Hill Press Poetry Chapbook Contest); and Just This. He is a lifelong Ulster County resident. His website is matthewjspireng.com

    Amanda Russell (she/her/hers)
    is a guest editor at The Comstock Review and a stay-at-home mom. Her poems have appeared in Hole in the Head re:View, EcoTheo Review, Lily Poetry Review, and Open: a Journal of Arts and Letters. To learn about her or her chapter books, Barren Years and Processing, please visit https://poetrussell.wordpress.com.

  • March 20, 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

    Tina Barry, Ken Holland and Nancy Shih-Knodel

  • April 17, 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

    Marie Howe, Doug Anderson, and Jessica Cuello

  • May 15, 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

    Darcy Smith, Greg Miller and Jerrice Baptiste

  • June 12, 2024, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

    Bertha Rogers, Tana Miller, and Patrick Donnelly