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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 EDT

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

2:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Rhina P. EspaillatFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomRhina P. Espaillat

3:45pm EDT

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

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

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

11:00am EDT

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

12:15pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

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

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

11:30am EDT

Lesley MFA Poetry Faculty ReadingFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomStephen Haven • Steven Cramer • Joan Houlihan

1:00pm EDT

Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore WatsonLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumJoan Houlihan

2:30pm EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling SpeakeasyLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumRegie Gibson