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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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Diane Mayr

Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Circling the Earth: The Poetry of Refuge and SanctuaryFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomDeborah Leipziger • Melissa Castillo-Garsow • Robbie Gamble • Gloria Mindock • Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

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
 

9:30am EDT

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

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

12:15pm EDT

Love's Executive Order ReadingLIMITED PEM Create SpacesMatthew Lippman • Tina Cane • Kerrin McCadden • Jill McDonough • Daniel Nester • Elizabeth Powell

2:00pm EDT

Salamander 25th Anniversary ReadingLIMITED The Bridge at 211Jennifer Barber • Ben Berman • Danielle Georges • Kelle Groom

3:15pm EDT

State of PoetryFULL Salem Waterfront Hotel, Compass RoomSimeon Berry • Amy Dryansky • Jennifer Jean • Jennifer Militello • Nomi Stone

7:30pm EDT

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

10:15am EDT

"all the Witchcraft that we need Around us, every Day—": Emily Dickinson and the botanical worldFILLING Salem Witch Trials MemorialMichael Medeiros • Lucy Abbott

11:30am EDT

The Edna ProjectLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumJoey Farber • Liz Queler

1:00pm EDT

Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore WatsonLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumJoan Houlihan

2:30pm EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling SpeakeasyLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumRegie Gibson