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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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Jennifer Weaver Rieger

Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm

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

2:30pm

Golden Walkman Old Town Hall, 2nd floorFILLINGDavid Walker • Joseph Gould

3:45pm

In the Still of the Night Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGDara Wier • Holly St. John Bergon • James Haug • Kate Lindroos

7:30pm

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

10:30am

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

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

2:00pm

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

3:15pm

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

7:30pm

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

10:15am

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

11:30am

Poetry From The Heart: Writing Poems as a Means to Heal in the Era of Trump PEM Create SpacesFILLINGEunice Flanders • Beth Platow