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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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Mary Ann Honaker

Beckley, West Virginia
"I want my list of everything/ to include the approximate location/ of the abyss and it's tolerance/ for flirtation." --Stephen Dunn
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

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

How Voice Finds Form: Making Our Narrative Poems Sing! Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1FILLINGAlice Kociemba • Rhina P. Espaillat • Jacquelyn Malone • David Surette • Rich Youmans

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

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

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
 

10:15am

Reading and Writing Poetry as a Spiritual Practice Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomFULLNadia Colburn

11:30am

Writing While Sober PEM Connect BLDGFILLINGKali Lightfoot • Richard Hoffman • Jennifer Martelli

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