About
Me
Life in the Open
Anastasia Bamford is a non-binary poet and photographer from Duluth, MN. They have recently published a book of poems and photographs titled Morphology with a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, and they have two earlier chapbooks, Rejoice (1984) and Dogwood Girl (2000).
Anastasia's work has been published in the anthologies Earth Beneath, Sky Beyond and A Kiss Is Still A Kiss, both by Outrider Press, and in the Duluth Superior Pride Zine 2023 and 2024. Their work has also been included in the Freshwater Feral zine published by the Duluth Poetry Chapter of the League of MN Poets, the anthology Murder Your Darlings published by the Duluth Failed Poets Society, and in the 2024 edition of Agates, published by the League of MN Poets.
They have had poems accepted for the 2025 editions of the Thunderbird Review, the Nemadji review, and the Chiron Review.
They also dabble in block printing and oil painting.
Anastasia can be found reading at Dovetail Cafe on the second Friday of every month and at the Wussow's Writers' Salon on the third Thursday of every month.
Their influences include the boreal forest, the intricate workings of the human spirit, justice, and silence. They live in a shady house by a creek.