WordSprouts: Len Neufeld

By Susan  Horwich 

Come join us for our next WordSprouts event in partnership with the Old Stone House, featuring word artist Len Neufeld.

Len will present selections from his ongoing work Off The Grid, begun in 2022 and now encompassing hundreds of pieces that combine verbal and visual art.

WordSprouts is a long-running PSFC author series featuring Coop authors sharing their work and their creative process.

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Len will provide each member of the audience with a booklet containing all the pieces he’ll be presenting at the event, so everyone can follow along (and can take the booklets home if desired). He’ll read some of these pieces aloud; others can’t be read aloud but only seen. Len will briefly describe the genesis and structure of each piece and will welcome any and all interruptions in the form of criticisms, questions and/or comments, in hopes of a lively discussion. These unusual works derive from Len’s lifelong interest in language and visual art.

In the 1970s, Len self-published four books of his poetry and prose writings. But he then left off creative writing until restarting in 2022 in this new form (each piece is composed in a grid of square cells—hence the title Off The Grid). He said, “The constraints and possibilities inherent in this form were important in freeing me to write creatively again.”

Len joined the Coop in 1995, and is now retired from his work shift as indexer for the Linewaiters’ Gazette.

Len’s presentation will be followed by questions from the audience and drinks and snacks, courtesy of the Coop.

To get updates about WordSprouts events, check the Linewaiters’ Gazette, sign up for the mailing list at psfcwordsprouts@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at @foodcoopwordsprouts.

The WordSprouts committee includes committee leader Sarah Schenck and committee members Susan Horwich, Ruthie Nachmany and Tamar Nachmany.