Stephen Gros is a poet, performer, artist, designer, and event producer from Texas. Stephen is a founding member of several Houston literary groups including Panhandler Publishing and the Art Institute of Houston’s Poetry Club.  He is also a founding member, host and organizer of the annual Word Around Town Tour (since 2006), FabriFaction 2012: A FotoFest Special Event (an ekphrastic showcase),  co-director of Houston’s KerouacFest, and was the curator and host of the popular ThoughtCrime Poetry Showcase.

Stephen has performed all over Texas, has toured Jamaica, and New York City, and his work has appeared in several journals and anthologies including The Bayou Review, The Beatest State In The Union: An Anthology of Beat Texas Writers, and The Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology, Di-Verse'-City.