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2018 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

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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Circling the Earth: The Poetry of Refuge and Sanctuary Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGDeborah Leipziger • Melissa Castillo-Garsow • Robbie Gamble • Gloria Mindock • Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Poetry of Place: Boston Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGRuby Poltorak • Kevin Bowen • Charles Coe • Regie Gibson • Holly Guran

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In the Still of the Night Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGDara Wier • Holly St. John Bergon • James Haug • Kate Lindroos

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Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGGinny Lowe Connors • Christine Casson • Carol Dine • Jennifer Freed • Suellen Wedmore

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In Transit: A Poetry Reading with Brionne Janae, Joseph Legaspi, Leah Umansky, and Jenny Xie Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGJoseph O. Legaspi • Brionne Janae • Leah Umansky • Jenny Xie Nasty Women Poets: A Reading and Panel Discussion of Unapologetic, Subversive, Feminist Verse Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGJenna Le • Janet Aalfs • Liz Ahl • DeMisty D. Bellinger • Lesléa Newman Satellites, Adoptees, and Undocumented Immigrants: Kundiman and UndocuPoets Present Underrepresented Asian American Narratives PEM Connect BLDGLIMITEDMarci Calabretta Cancio-Bello • Janine Joseph • E. J. Koh • Anni Liu • Ansley Moon Street Cred: Four Massachusetts Barrow Street Press Poets The Bridge at 211LIMITEDRichard Hoffman • Doug Anderson • Danielle Georges • Kevin McLellan

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3 Nations Anthology Reading: Native, Canadian & New England Writers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDValerie Lawson • Carol Hobbs • Paul Hostovsky • Sonja Johanson • Cheryl Savageau • David Surette KabuMerikanas: Women in Cape Verdean American Culture Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomLIMITEDCandida Rose Baptista • Iva Brito • Jarita Davis Love's Executive Order Reading PEM Create SpacesLIMITEDMatthew Lippman • Tina Cane • Kerrin McCadden • Jill McDonough • Daniel Nester • Elizabeth Powell Through Barbed Wire Presents: Invisible Voices Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 2LIMITEDDianne Zimbabwe • Zella Brown • Kazi Toure

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Cave Canem PEM Connect BLDGLIMITEDLillian-Yvonne Bertram • Curtis Crisler • Jarita Davis • nicole terez dutton • Chanda Feldman We're Here, We're Queer: New Poetry Books by LGBTQ Writers Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomLIMITEDLesléa Newman • Margot Douaihy • Joy Ladin • Steven Riel

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10th Anniversary of the UMass Boston MFA Program Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGLloyd Schwartz • Lillian-Yvonne Bertram • Jill McDonough Celebrating Our 25th: Four Way Books Reading The Bridge at 211LIMITEDVincent Guerra • Andrea Cohen • Miranda Field • Margaree Little • Kamilah Aisha Moon

10:15am EDT

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

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Lesley MFA Poetry Faculty Reading Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGStephen Haven • Steven Cramer • Joan Houlihan

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Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore Watson PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDJoan Houlihan The Word Works Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGKevin McLellan • Jennifer Barber • Carrie Bennett • Frannie Lindsay • Fred Marchant To the Bone: Poems of Work and Manual Labor PEM Connect BLDGFILLINGJulia Bouwsma • Kimberly Burwick • Sean Thomas Dougherty • Kevin Goodan