Poetry at the Manse: Wyn Cooper, Brian Mosher, Jhonny Victor
The NEPC’s 2026 season at The Old Manse in Concord, Mass., continues on Sunday, July 19. This free reading will be held under a tent outdoors, at an accessible venue.
Make a day of it! Arrive early or linger after the reading to explore the orchard, stroll along the Concord River, or enjoy a picnic on the grounds. You can also deepen your visit by joining a guided tour of the historic house before or after the event.
Learn more and pre-register for a tour: https://thetrustees.org/place/the-old-manse/.
Wyn Cooper has published six books of poetry, including, most recently, The Unraveling. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, as well as in 25 anthologies of contemporary poetry, including A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker. Many of his poems have been turned into songs, including by recording artists Sheryl Crow, David Broza, and Madison Smartt Bell. He is a former editor of Quarterly West, and the recipient of a fellowship from the Ucross Foundation. For two years he worked at the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, a think tank run by the Poetry Foundation, and he has taught at Bennington and Marlboro Colleges. His first novel, Way Out West, was published in 2022. He lives in Vermont and works as a freelance editor. www.wyncooper.com
Brian Mosher resides in Mansfield, MA. His work has appeared in Blood and Bourbon, Lily Poetry Review, Literary Underground, Nixes Mate, Anomaly Poetry, eMerge, Esoterica, and others. He received Honorable Mention in the Joe Gouviea Outermost Poetry Contest, and his short story “Fragments” was a winner of the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge. His most recent books are the collection, A Muster of Melodious Musings (2025 Metaphysical Fox Press), Double Vision, a collaboration with artist Becky Haletky (2026), and the chapbook Relict (2026 Finishing Line Press). His website is Phlubbermatic: (www.phlubbermatic.blogspot.com).
Jhonny Victor graduated from the State University of Haiti‘s School of Law in Port-au-Prince. He studied networking management at Devry College of New York and has been working as cable technician and electrician for more than a decade in New York City. He has published two collections of poems: The Working-Class and Its Burden, written and published while on a five-year strike as a union member, and Woman, The Thrill of Survival. In addition to being a poet, Jhonny is a songwriter, singer, guitarist, essayist and public speaker. All of his creative work emphasizes fairness, equality for all, self-awareness and humanity.