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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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PAM Ahlen

Friday, May 4
 

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl Phillips PEM AtriumFULLMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips
 
Saturday, May 5
 

11:00am EDT

Critical Collaboration: Poets and Editors Salem Waterfront Hotel, Compass RoomFILLINGWyn Cooper • Tina Cane • Karin Gottshall • Gregg LeStage

12:15pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Story Retold/Renewed: Women Retelling History Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1LIMITEDGeorgia Popoff • Antoinette Brim • Kimberly A. Collins

3:15pm EDT

Celebrating Our 25th: Four Way Books Reading The Bridge at 211LIMITEDVincent Guerra • Andrea Cohen • Miranda Field • Margaree Little • Kamilah Aisha Moon

7:30pm EDT

Headline Reading -Sonia Sanchez The Bridge at 211FULLSonia Sanchez • Jocelyn Shen
 
Sunday, May 6
 

10:15am EDT

The Poet, The Artist, The Printer: Book Arts and the Small Press PEM Create SpacesFILLINGJanet MacFadyen • Carlyn Marcus Ekstrom • Ed Rayher • Catherine Stearns • Anna M. Warrock

11:30am EDT

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

1:00pm EDT

Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore Watson PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDJoan Houlihan