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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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Marta Rivas

Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Poetry of Place: BostonFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomRuby Poltorak • Kevin Bowen • Charles Coe • Regie Gibson • Holly Guran

2:30pm EDT

Golden WalkmanFILLING Old Town Hall, 2nd floorDavid Walker • Joseph Gould

3:45pm EDT

FDU MFA Poets: This Time It's TerminalFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomKevin Carey • R.G. Evans • Mark Hillringhouse

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
 

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

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

2:00pm EDT

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

7:30pm EDT

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

Reading and Writing Poetry as a Spiritual PracticeFULL Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomNadia Colburn

11:30am EDT

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

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