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The 2023 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
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Lea Banks

Friday, May 5
 

1:00pm EDT

Of Birds and Being: Five Poets from The Word Works PEM Morse AuditoriumNadia Colburn • Carrie Bennett • Jennifer Barber • Kevin McLellan • Meg Kearney

2:15pm EDT

Memory & Desire: Poetry of Mid-life PEM Groups HubGail Thomas • Rebecca Hart Olander • Jennifer Martelli

4:45pm EDT

Solo Voice: Poetry and A Capella Music with Charles Coe PEM Morse AuditoriumCharles Coe

7:00pm EDT

Headline Reading w/Andrea Cohen & January Gill O'Neil, featuring the Boston Typewriter Orchestra and Susan Michele Coronel, Winner of the First Poem Contest PEM AtriumAndrea Cohen • January Gill O'Neil • Susan Michele Coronel • The Boston Typewriter Orchestra

8:45pm EDT

Poetry Slam (In Partnership with the Boston Poetry Slam) Die With Your Boots OnMyles Taylor • Boston Poetry Slam • Crystal Valentine
 
Saturday, May 6
 

11:00am EDT

Small Press Fair & Table Events Essex Street Pedestrian Mall

11:30am EDT

Korean American Women Breaking Silences PEM Forbes GallerySu Cho • Eugenia Leigh • Joan Kwon Glass • Marci Carabretta Cancio-Bello Massachusetts Poets Laureate PEM Morse AuditoriumLloyd Schwartz • Jennifer Barber • Steven Ratiner • Porsha Olayiwola • Ellie O'Leary

12:45pm EDT

Headline Reading w/ Cameron Awkward-Rich & Franny Choi; Sponsored by The Shipman Agency PEM Morse AuditoriumFranny Choi • Cameron Awkward-Rich Words in Space: Four poets share their visions PEM Forbes GalleryMartha Collins • Mary Buchinger • Danielle Legros Georges • Donna David

2:00pm EDT

Can Serious Poems Be Funny? Can Funny Poems Be Serious? PEM Morse AuditoriumLloyd Schwartz • Denise Provost • Gail Mazur • Robert Pinsky

3:15pm EDT

In Praise of Legacy: Writers of Color and the Challenge of the Canon PEM Forbes GalleryMichael Mercurio • Oliver De La Paz • Enzo Silon Surin • Nathan McClain

4:30pm EDT

State of Poetry Panel PEM Morse AuditoriumCristela Guerra • Eileen Cleary • Mckendy Fils-Aime • Jennifer Jean • Kimiko Hahn

7:00pm EDT

Headline Reading w/ Kimiko Hahn & Matthew Olzmann, Sponsored by The Fine Arts Work Center Tabernacle Congregation ChurchJennifer Jean • Kimiko Hahn • Matthew Olzmann

8:45pm EDT

The Poetry Brothel Gulu-Gulu CaféJezmina von Thiele • Egbert J Poindexter • Madam Betty BOOM • Izzie Hexxam • Livia Dove • Shego • Holy Crow • Sirena • Lillian Queen • Priscilla Parsley • Kitty Levesque • Temptress of Light
 
Sunday, May 7
 

10:15am EDT

Translation Today: an Interview with Danielle Legros Georges and Dzvinia Orlowsky by Jennifer Jean PEM Morse AuditoriumJennifer Jean • Danielle Legros Georges • Dzvinia Orlowsky

11:30am EDT

LOS LORCAS: Poetry in Concert PEM Morse AuditoriumPartridge Boswell • Nat Williams • Peter Money Jewish Poets of Western Massachusetts PEM Groups HubJoy Ladin • Jena Schwartz • Richard Michelson

12:45pm EDT

Sex as Offering, Liberation, and Honey: a Poetry Reading PEM Forbes GalleryChen Chen • Sam Herschel Wein

2:00pm EDT

The Favorite Poem Project 25th Anniversary Reading PEM Morse AuditoriumAnnette S. Frost • Robert Pinsky • January Gill O'Neil • Ilya Kaminsky • Katie Farris

3:15pm EDT

Headline Reading w/ Mahogany L. Browne, Katie Farris & Ilya Kaminsky PEM East India Marine HallMahogany L. Browne • Katie Farris • Ilya Kaminsky