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Saturday, May 5
 

9:30am

Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGGinny Lowe Connors • Christine Casson • Carol Dine • Jennifer Freed • Suellen Wedmore

11:00am

In Transit: A Poetry Reading with Brionne Janae, Joseph Legaspi, Leah Umansky, and Jenny Xie Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGJoseph O. Legaspi • Brionne Janae • Leah Umansky • Jenny Xie Nasty Women Poets: A Reading and Panel Discussion of Unapologetic, Subversive, Feminist Verse Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGJenna Le • Janet Aalfs • Liz Ahl • DeMisty Bellinger • Lesléa Newman Satellites, Adoptees, and Undocumented Immigrants: Kundiman and UndocuPoets Present Underrepresented Asian American Narratives PEM Connect BLDGLIMITEDMarci Calabretta Cancio-Bello • Janine Joseph • E. J. Koh • Anni Liu • Ansley Moon Street Cred: Four Massachusetts Barrow Street Press Poets The Bridge at 211LIMITEDRichard Hoffman • Doug Anderson • Danielle Georges • Kevin McLellan

12:15pm

3 Nations Anthology Reading: Native, Canadian & New England Writers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDValerie Lawson • Carol Hobbs • Paul Hostovsky • Sonja Johanson • Cheryl Savageau • David Surette KabuMerikanas: Women in Cape Verdean American Culture Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomLIMITEDCandida Rose Baptista • Iva Brito • Jarita Davis Love's Executive Order Reading PEM Create SpacesLIMITEDMatthew Lippman • Tina Cane • Kerrin McCadden • Jill McDonough • Daniel Nester • Elizabeth Powell Through Barbed Wire Presents: Invisible Voices Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 2LIMITEDDianne Zimbabwe • Zella Brown • Kazi Toure

2:00pm

Cave Canem PEM Connect BLDGLIMITEDLillian-Yvonne Bertram • Curtis Crisler • Jarita Davis • nicole terez dutton • Chanda Feldman We're Here, We're Queer: New Poetry Books by LGBTQ Writers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDLesléa Newman • Margot Douaihy • Joy Ladin • Steven Riel

3:15pm

10th Anniversary of the UMass Boston MFA Program Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGLloyd Schwartz • Lillian-Yvonne Bertram • Jill McDonough Celebrating Our 25th: Four Way Books Reading The Bridge at 211LIMITEDVincent Guerra • Andrea Cohen • Miranda Field • Margaree Little • Kamilah Aisha Moon