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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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MZ

margaret zaleski

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

Headline Reading - Rhina P. Espaillat Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFULLRhina P. Espaillat

3:45pm

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

7:30pm

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl Phillips PEM AtriumFULLMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips

9:00pm

College Slammers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDDanielle Jones
 
Saturday, May 5
 

9:30am

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

11:00am

Political/Civic Poetry New Liberty Charter School, Room 1FILLINGPaul Saint-Amand • Gayle C. Heney • C. J. Morse

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

9:30pm

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

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

10:15am

On Our Own Terms: Underrepresented Voices in Poetry Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDPilar Quintana • Dominique Cyprès • Nate Vaccaro • James St. Vincent

11:30am

Lesley MFA Poetry Faculty Reading Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGStephen Haven • Steven Cramer • Joan Houlihan

1:00pm

Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore Watson PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDJoan Houlihan

2:30pm

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDRegie Gibson