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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 EDT

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl PhillipsFULL PEM AtriumMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips

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

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

12:15pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

3:15pm EDT

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

10:15am EDT

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

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

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