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The 2023 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
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Kurt Klopmeier

Friday, May 5
 

4:45pm EDT

Drinking It All In: The Get-Lit Poetry Tavern Gulu-Gulu CaféKurt Klopmeier

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
 
Saturday, May 6
 

10:15am EDT

Aspanfut: Re-discovering Language through the Ukrainian Avant-Garde PEM Create Space 2Jack Giaour

11:30am EDT

Dreaming Your Way into a Poem: A Generative Workshop PEM Create Space 1Mary Buchinger • Frances Donovan • Jennifer Badot

12:45pm EDT

Headline Reading w/ Cameron Awkward-Rich & Franny Choi; Sponsored by The Shipman Agency PEM Morse AuditoriumFranny Choi • Cameron Awkward-Rich

2:00pm EDT

Love Poems in Time of Crisis PEM Create Space 1Deborah Leipziger • Joey Gould • Robbie Gamble • Krysten Hill Pangyrus: Where Poetry Lives PEM Groups HubSerina Gousby • Carrie Bennett • Cheryl Clark Vermeulen • Alexandria Peary • Cynthia Bargar • Jennifer Martelli • Danielle Legros Georges • Victor Hugo Mendevil

3:00pm EDT

Surrealist Poetry Salon ChagallPACDiana Norma Szokolyai

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

Chaotic? Good: Harnessing the Power of the Happy Accident in Your Poetry PEM Groups HubEmily Franklin • Maria Pinto • Walter Smelt • Joan Kwon Glass

11:15am EDT

Poetry in Motion PEM East India Marine HallK. T. Landon • Dawn Paul • Richard Hoffman • Michelle Garcia Fresco • Rhina Espaillat • Jack Giaour • Kristin Wagner • Angelina Benitez • Lindsey McGovern • Theophile Victoria • Katie Pustizzi

11:30am EDT

Self-publishing via Zines, Chapbooks & Broadsides PEM Create Space 2Catherine Fahey • Dawn Stahura

12:45pm EDT

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

2:00pm EDT

Heart, Hope, & Honesty: Addressing challenging topics in verse novels PEM Forbes GalleryKip Wilson • Padma Venkatraman • Rebecca Caprara • Rebekah Lowell

3:15pm EDT

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