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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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María Luisa Arroyo

multilingual Boricua poet & educator
Springfield, Massachusetts
Websitehttps://marialuisaarroyo.info/
Multilingual Boricua poet and educator María Luisa Arroyo was educated at Colby (BA), Tufts (MA) and Harvard (ABD) in German, her third language. Her poetry collections include Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras (2008) and Destierro Means More than Exile (2018). For 20+ years, María Luisa has been facilitating engaging poetry workshops. || https://www.marialuisaarroyo.info/

Friday, May 4
 

2:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Rhina P. EspaillatFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomRhina P. Espaillat

3:30pm EDT

Poetry Meet-Up! Adriatic Restaurant and BarMichael Ansara • Laurin Macios • January O'Neil • Sara Siegel
 
Saturday, May 5
 

9:30am EDT

Suturing with Wounds: Writing Poems About Long Term IllnessFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomSean Thomas Dougherty

11:00am EDT

To Carry Across: Poetry in TranslationLIMITED Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1Daniel Tobin • Rhina P. Espaillat • Aidan Rooney

12:15pm EDT

3 Nations Anthology Reading: Native, Canadian & New England WritersLIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomValerie Lawson • Carol Hobbs • Paul Hostovsky • Sonja Johanson • Cheryl Savageau • David Surette

2:00pm EDT

Cave CanemLIMITED PEM Connect BLDGLillian-Yvonne Bertram • Curtis Crisler • Jarita Davis • nicole terez dutton • Chanda Feldman

3:15pm EDT

Common ThreadsFILLING PEM Connect BLDGAlan Feldman • Kathleen Aguero • Linda Bamber • Erica Funkhouser • Jeffrey Harrison • Elizabeth McKim

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

Bared: Poetry on Bras and BreastsFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomKathleen Aguero • Barbara Helfgott Hyett • Jill McDonough • Julie Danho O'Connell

1:00pm EDT

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

My Moderators Sessions

Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Resisting the Erasure of Our (Im)Migrant Roots: Workshop with María Luisa ArroyoLIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floorMaría Luisa Arroyo