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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

Headline Reading - Rhina P. Espaillat Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFULLRhina P. Espaillat

7:30pm

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

11:00am

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

2:00pm

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

3:15pm

Common Threads PEM Connect BLDGFILLINGAlan Feldman • Kathleen Aguero • Linda Bamber • Erica Funkhouser • Jeffrey Harrison • Elizabeth McKim

7:30pm

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

10:15am

Reading and Writing Poetry as a Spiritual Practice Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomFULLNadia Colburn

11:30am

The Edna Project PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDJoey Farber • Liz Queler

1:00pm

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

2:30pm

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDRegie Gibson
 

My Moderators Sessions

Saturday, May 5
 

12:15pm

Verbing: Writing Poetry from the Body New Liberty Charter School, Room 2FILLINGCathie Desjardins