lordship house is a private house with public programs, including funded artist fellowships and a national free library-by-mail. Our mission is to serve and celebrate the epistolary and literary; to honor the queer tradition of finding, making and fostering spaces in which to flourish.

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Community Programs

  • 📬 literary salon by mail


    In which we share typewriter missives from lordship house on natural history, queer life in New England, literature, film and art. Comes with a pre-stamped postcard for optional reply.

  • 🏡 lordship house retreat


    A short residency for writers, readers and artists at our seaside house in Lordship, Connecticut (Stratford). Fellows recieve a stipend, meals (sometimes with treats from the garden), and lodging with private bath. Past Fellows

  • ☕ literary brunch


    Several times a year, we welcome a gathering of literary community and kin, for a brunch spread, wind chimes and dialogue at our seaside house in Lordship, CT (Stratford).

  • At this time, lordship house programs are offered at no cost. Residential fellowships are awarded with a stipend.

the house library has over 1,000 books on wide-ranging topics and genres, including: Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, and Queer Theory. While the library is a private holding, it is our belief that resources should be shared with community. In this spirit, we established a book loan by mail program, available currently in the US.

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Some letters and postcards
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Two white Adirondack chairs in the green high grass, facing out towards a sailboat making its way across the Sound.
A view of the front garden in bloom, purple yarrow in the foreground.
Lauren Theresa looks out to sea, smiling, standing on a beach, in a black wrap, the sun on her face.
Amie Souza Reilly lounges, laughing on the grass
Mathew Rodriguez smiles to camera on a beach, hands in pockets, a cream short sleeve knit shirt, glasses.
Benjamin Niespodziany is seated on brick stairs, smiling to camera, with sunglasses on. There is a greenhouse and a roofline in the background.
Mikey, the russet chihuahua, rests his head on a pile of books.
Sculpture of a woman's head on a small round table, a banquet behind; soft light through an open shade.
A lighthouse with keeper's cottage in front of it that has a red roof. The lighthouse tower is behind, with a red top. There is a small building out front with same. Scrub in foreground.
Purple sunset on a rocky beach.
Dark roof line of Lordship House, golden clouds and some trees, the back lawn, below.
Fire-orange sunset across the Sound, a lone deer in silhouette on shore.
Sea stairs made of large format brick tiles, leading down to a beach where the surf is frothy.
Mathew Rodriguez, in a light orange top, smirks to camera, while cradling Rabbit, a blonde chihuahua, upside down in his arms like a baby.
On the front lawn of Lordship House: a dry stack stone wall with loose stones around it, a tree branch shades from above
A wicker basket of fresh vegetables: cucumber, cherry tomato, lettuces.