Loading…
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

Purchase your button today at masspoetry.org/festival2018!
JE

Jennifer Edwards

Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Personified: Finding Your Voice in Someone Else'sFULL Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomTaylor Liljegren

2:30pm EDT

Circling the square: Joyful (and helpful) critique workshopFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomMelissa Varnavas

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

9:30pm EDT

Food 4 Thot - Live Podcast!LIMITED Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1Kaveh Akbar • Dennis Norris II • Joseph Osmondson • Fran Tirado
 
Saturday, May 5
 

9:30am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

In Transit: A Poetry Reading with Brionne Janae, Joseph Legaspi, Leah Umansky, and Jenny XieFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomJoseph O. Legaspi • Brionne Janae • Leah Umansky • Jenny Xie

12:15pm EDT

Poets on Autism: Hope in the Helicopter RainLIMITED PEM Connect BLDGSean Thomas Dougherty • Susan Elmslie • Kamilah Aisha Moon • Oliver de la Paz

2:00pm EDT

Start Right: Writing First LinesFILLING New Liberty Charter School, Room 1Dawn Paul

3:15pm EDT

A Furious Din: Poetry of SurvivalFULL PEM Create SpacesTamiko Beyer • Duy Doan • Joseph O. Legaspi

7:30pm EDT

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

9:30pm EDT

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

9:00am EDT

HER STORY IS: American & Iraqi Women Artists Collaborate in DubaiLIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomJennifer Jean • Anne Loyer • Amy Merrill • Lillie Paquette

10:15am EDT

Building an Online Writing Community: Lessons from the Poetry CleanseFILLING PEM Connect BLDGK. T. Landon • Jane Poirier Hart • Jennifer Martelli • Jeanne Obbard • Rebecca Hart Olander

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

1:00pm EDT

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