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10 YEARS OF MASS POETRY!

Our 2018 headliners: Sonia Sanchez · Kaveh Akbar · Duy Doan · Jeffrey Harrison · Dorianne Laux · Erika Meitner · Carl Phillips · Nicole Sealey · Sean Thomas Dougherty · Rhina P. Espaillat

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Cathie Desjardins

Currently Poet Laureate of Arlington, MA. A lifelong educator, poet, and journalist. First book of poems is With Child. Currently at work on another book, The Muse in the Garden.
Friday, May 4
 

2:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Rhina P. EspaillatFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomRhina P. Espaillat

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl PhillipsFULL PEM AtriumMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips
 
Saturday, May 5
 

11:00am EDT

Nasty Women Poets: A Reading and Panel Discussion of Unapologetic, Subversive, Feminist VerseFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomJenna Le • Janet Aalfs • Liz Ahl • DeMisty D. Bellinger • Lesléa Newman

2:00pm EDT

Headline Reading - Duy Doan, Jeffery Harrison, and Erika MeitnerLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumDuy Doan • Jeffrey Harrison • Erika Meitner

3:15pm EDT

Common ThreadsFILLING PEM Connect BLDGAlan Feldman • Kathleen Aguero • Linda Bamber • Erica Funkhouser • Jeffrey Harrison • Elizabeth McKim

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading -Sonia SanchezFULL The Bridge at 211Sonia Sanchez • Jocelyn Shen
 
Sunday, May 6
 

10:15am EDT

Reading and Writing Poetry as a Spiritual PracticeFULL Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomNadia Colburn

11:30am EDT

The Edna ProjectLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumJoey Farber • Liz Queler

1:00pm EDT

To the Bone: Poems of Work and Manual LaborFILLING PEM Connect BLDGJulia Bouwsma • Kimberly Burwick • Sean Thomas Dougherty • Kevin Goodan

2:30pm EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling SpeakeasyLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumRegie Gibson
 

My Moderators Sessions

Saturday, May 5
 

12:15pm EDT

Verbing: Writing Poetry from the BodyFILLING New Liberty Charter School, Room 2Cathie Desjardins