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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 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

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

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

10:30am EDT

Breaking Through the Stigma: Writing Through Addiction and RecoveryFULL PEM Create SpacesDonna Munro • Kaveh Akbar • Mary Akers • William Brewer • Nick Flynn • Wendy Mnookin

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

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
 

10:15am EDT

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

11:30am EDT

Writing While SoberFILLING PEM Connect BLDGKali Lightfoot • Richard Hoffman • Jennifer Martelli

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