Poets of the Island: a Colloquium
The Nantucket Poetry Festival aims to honor the poetry that has made up the island since its time as a whaling community. Our 2026 program features a collection of those artists, who have continued the tradition and contribute to the vibrant literary community the island boasts today.
Judy Belash
Judy Belash spent the last twenty four of her eighty eight years retired on Nantucket, after over thirty years practicing law in NYC (which, it is worth noting, did not inspire poetry writing).
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Sandy MacDonald
Sandy MacDonald started out as an editor (The Drama Review, Aphra, New Age Journal) and handled submissions at Houghton Mifflin for a decade while contributing to dozens of publications and writing three books on parenting and travel. Since 2005, she has mostly reviewed theater — for the BostonGlobe, Theatermania, and her Substack.
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