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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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Danny DeLeon

Beaver Country Day School
Upper School English Teacher
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Slam Poetry / Spoken Word.
Poetry for the classroom.
Empowering students through writing.
How to get students to think critically about the experiences that help shape their Voice.
Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Resisting the Erasure of Our (Im)Migrant Roots: Workshop with María Luisa ArroyoLIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floorMaría Luisa Arroyo

2:30pm EDT

Golden WalkmanFILLING Old Town Hall, 2nd floorDavid Walker • Joseph Gould

3:45pm EDT

FDU MFA Poets: This Time It's TerminalFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomKevin Carey • R.G. Evans • Mark Hillringhouse

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl PhillipsFULL PEM AtriumMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips

9:00pm EDT

College SlammersLIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomDanielle Jones
 
Saturday, May 5
 

9:30am EDT

Suturing with Wounds: Writing Poems About Long Term IllnessFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomSean Thomas Dougherty

11:00am EDT

Street Cred: Four Massachusetts Barrow Street Press PoetsLIMITED The Bridge at 211Richard Hoffman • Doug Anderson • Danielle Georges • Kevin McLellan

12:15pm EDT

Poetry as Social Action: Panel Discussion, Hopeful PromptsFILLING Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1Elisabeth Weiss Horowitz • Danielle Georges • Krysten Hill • Fred Marchant • Gloria Mindock

2:00pm EDT

You Are Here: Writing From Your Place in HistoryFILLING Salem Waterfront Hotel, Compass RoomDanielle Jones • Jill McDonough • Nomi Stone

7:30pm EDT

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

10:15am EDT

The Poet, The Artist, The Printer: Book Arts and the Small PressFILLING PEM Create SpacesJanet MacFadyen • Carlyn Marcus Ekstrom • Ed Rayher • Catherine Stearns • Anna M. Warrock

11:30am EDT

The Low-Residency MFA: Is It Right for You?LIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomK. T. Landon • Victorio Reyes Asili • Greg Hill • Lauren Banks Killelea • Pamela Taylor