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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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Michael Feehly

Friday, May 4
 

7:30pm

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

9:30pm

Food 4 Thot - Live Podcast! Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1LIMITEDKaveh Akbar • Dennis Norris • Joseph Osmondson • Fran Tirado
 
Saturday, May 5
 

11:00am

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

12:15pm

Labor & Delivery: Emerging Poets on Notions of Literary Success The Bridge at 211LIMITEDChen Chen • Cassandra de Alba • Kimberly Alidio • Mag Gabbert • Keegan Lester

2:00pm

We're Here, We're Queer: New Poetry Books by LGBTQ Writers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDLesléa Newman • Margot Douaihy • Joy Ladin • Steven Riel

3:15pm

State of Poetry Salem Waterfront Hotel, Compass RoomFULLSimeon Berry • Amy Dryansky • Jennifer Jean • Jennifer Militello • Nomi Stone
 
Sunday, May 6
 

10:15am

Building an Online Writing Community: Lessons from the Poetry Cleanse PEM Connect BLDGFILLINGK. T. Landon • Jane Poirier Hart • Jennifer Martelli • Jeanne Obbard • Rebecca Hart Olander

11:30am

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

1:00pm

Lesser Heard Voices East and West: Poetry in Translation PEM Create SpacesLIMITEDKristine Doll • Hassanal Abdullah • Stanley Barkan • Srinivas Reddy • William Wolak