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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 SanctuaryFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomDeborah Leipziger • Melissa Castillo-Garsow • Robbie Gamble • Gloria Mindock • Yermiyahu Ahron Taub Poetry of Place: BostonFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Library RoomRuby Poltorak • Kevin Bowen • Charles Coe • Regie Gibson • Holly Guran

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

9:30am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

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

12:15pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

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

3:15pm EDT

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

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

Lesley MFA Poetry Faculty ReadingFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomStephen Haven • Steven Cramer • Joan Houlihan

1:00pm EDT

Reading with Martha Collins, Joan Houlihan, and Ellen Dore WatsonLIMITED PEM Morse AuditoriumJoan Houlihan The Word WorksFILLING Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia RoomKevin McLellan • Jennifer Barber • Carrie Bennett • Frannie Lindsay • Fred Marchant To the Bone: Poems of Work and Manual LaborFILLING PEM Connect BLDGJulia Bouwsma • Kimberly Burwick • Sean Thomas Dougherty • Kevin Goodan