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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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Sara Letourneau

Websitehttps://saraletourneau.wordpress.com/
Friday, May 4
 

1:15pm EDT

Circling the Earth: The Poetry of Refuge and Sanctuary Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGDeborah Leipziger • Melissa Castillo-Garsow • Robbie Gamble • Gloria Mindock • Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

2:30pm EDT

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

3:45pm EDT

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

7:30pm EDT

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

8:45am EDT

Poetry and Yoga Hawthorne Hotel, Essex RoomFULLCasey Roland • Stephanie Kirkos

11:00am EDT

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

12:15pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

3:15pm EDT

The Poetic Obsession Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomFILLINGOliver de la Paz

7:30pm EDT

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

9:00am EDT

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

10:15am EDT

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

11:30am EDT

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

1:00pm EDT

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

2:30pm EDT

The Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy PEM Morse AuditoriumLIMITEDRegie Gibson