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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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Erica Bodwell

Concord, NH
Websiteericasoferbodwell.com
Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Personified: Finding Your Voice in Someone Else's Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomFULLTaylor Liljegren

2:30pm EDT

Poets on Poetry: An Ars Poetica Workshop Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGMarjorie Tesser • Jennifer Jean • Jennifer Martelli

3:45pm EDT

The Modern Devotional Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFULLJusten Ahren • M R Baird • Sue Scavo • Karla Van Vliet

7:30pm EDT

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

9:30am EDT

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

10:30am EDT

Breaking Through the Stigma: Writing Through Addiction and Recovery PEM Create SpacesFULLDonna Munro • Kaveh Akbar • Mary Akers • William Brewer • Nick Flynn • Wendy Mnookin

12:15pm EDT

Headline Reading-Kaveh Akbar and Nicole Sealey PEM Morse AuditoriumFILLINGKaveh Akbar • Hannah Larrabee • Nicole Sealey

2:00pm EDT

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

3:15pm EDT

The Poetic Obsession Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGOliver de la Paz

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading -Sonia Sanchez The Bridge at 211FULLSonia Sanchez • Jocelyn Shen

9:30pm EDT

What Poetry Means to Me: Stories about Poems, Poets, & Poetry Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1FULLJ.D. Scrimgeour • Michael Ansara • Sean Thomas Dougherty • Krysten Hill • Alice Kociemba • Lisa Mangini
 
Sunday, May 6
 

9:00am EDT

Poetry Taboos and You: How and Why to Break the Rules (craft talk) Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGErika Meitner

10:15am EDT

Bared: Poetry on Bras and Breasts Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGKathleen Aguero • Barbara Helfgott Hyett • Jill McDonough • Julie Danho O'Connell

11:30am EDT

Collaborative Writing: Solidarity, Strategy & Spark Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomFULLRebecca Hart Olander • Elizabeth Paul