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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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Toni Bee

BeeWrites!
Founder, Poetry Teacher & StoryTeller
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TALK to me about the power of youth, words, and being inclusive in community. Citizens elected me as the 2011 Poet Populist of Cambridge, MA. I was the first woman in that position and in 2016 I was picked to be the Inaugural Cambridge Poetry Ambassador. Advice for you? Follow your dreams while becoming educated: I received my BA from Simmons College in June 2017.
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

2:30pm EDT

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

3:45pm EDT

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

7:30pm EDT

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

9:00pm EDT

College SlammersLIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomDanielle Jones
 
Saturday, May 5
 

11:00am EDT

Performers and ProfessorsFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomMichael Brown • Richard Cambridge • Regie Gibson • Melissa Guillet • Valerie Lawson

12:15pm EDT

Headline Reading-Kaveh Akbar and Nicole SealeyFILLING PEM Morse AuditoriumKaveh Akbar • Hannah Larrabee • Nicole Sealey

2:00pm EDT

You Are Here: Writing From Your Place in HistoryFILLING Salem Waterfront Hotel, Compass RoomDanielle Jones • Jill McDonough • Nomi Stone

7:30pm EDT

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

10:15am EDT

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

11:30am EDT

The Low-Residency MFA: Is It Right for You?LIMITED Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomK. T. Landon • Victorio Reyes Asili • Greg Hill • Lauren Banks Killelea • Pamela Taylor Poetry From The Heart: Writing Poems as a Means to Heal in the Era of TrumpFILLING PEM Create SpacesEunice Flanders • Beth Platow

2:30pm EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling SpeakeasyLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumRegie Gibson