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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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Robert Auld

Salem State University
Student
Beverly, Massachusetts
Websiterobertauld.tumblr.com
Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm

Poetry of Place: Boston Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGRuby Poltorak • Kevin Bowen • Charles Coe • Regie Gibson • Holly Guran

2:30pm

Golden Walkman Old Town Hall, 2nd floorFILLINGDavid Walker • Joseph Gould

3:45pm

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

7:30pm

Headline Reading - Dorianne Laux and Carl Phillips PEM AtriumFULLMalia Chung • Dorianne Laux • Carl Phillips

9:30pm

Food 4 Thot - Live Podcast! Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1LIMITEDKaveh Akbar • Dennis Norris II  • Joseph Osmondson • Fran Tirado
 
Saturday, May 5
 

10:30am

Breaking Through the Stigma: Writing Through Addiction and Recovery PEM Create SpacesFULLDonna Munro • Kaveh Akbar • Mary Akers • William Brewer • Nick Flynn • Wendy Mnookin

12:15pm

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

2:00pm

Headline Reading - Duy Doan, Jeffery Harrison, and Erika Meitner PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDDuy Doan • Jeffrey Harrison • Erika Meitner

3:15pm

10th Anniversary of the UMass Boston MFA Program Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomFILLINGLloyd Schwartz • Lillian-Yvonne Bertram • Jill McDonough

7:30pm

Headline Reading -Sonia Sanchez The Bridge at 211FULLSonia Sanchez • Jocelyn Shen

9:30pm

What Poetry Means to Me: Stories about Poems, Poets, & Poetry Salem Waterfront Hotel, Ballroom 1FULLJ.D. Scrimgeour • Michael Ansara • Sean Thomas Dougherty • Krysten Hill • Alice Kociemba • Lisa Mangini
 
Sunday, May 6
 

9:00am

Poetry Taboos and You: How and Why to Break the Rules (craft talk) Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGErika Meitner

10:15am

Reading and Writing Poetry as a Spiritual Practice Hawthorne Hotel, Skylark RoomFULLNadia Colburn

11:30am

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

1:00pm

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

2:30pm

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDRegie Gibson