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The 2023 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
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Friday, May 5
 

1:00pm EDT

The Bright Field: Exploring Devotional Poetry PEM Forbes GalleryNate Klug • Regina Walton • Yehoshua November

2:15pm EDT

Turning History into Poetry: Giving Voice to Historic Essex County Women PEM Forbes GalleryGinny Lowe Connors • Carl Carlsen • James R. Scrimgeour

3:30pm EDT

Celebrating 25 years of Autumn House Press: Writing the Tough Stuff PEM Forbes GalleryCharles Kell • Michael Walsh • Shayla Lawz

4:45pm EDT

New England Poetry Club: An Introduction PEM Forbes GalleryCarmellite Chamblin • Hilary Sallick • Mary Buchinger • Denise Provost
 
Saturday, May 6
 

10:15am EDT

25 Years of Shabdaguchha: A Multilingual Poetry Reading PEM Forbes GalleryDaniel Sklar • Hassanal Abdullah • Kristine Doll • Amir Or • Joan Digby • Naznin Seamon • Sultan Catto

11:30am EDT

Korean American Women Breaking Silences PEM Forbes GallerySu Cho • Eugenia Leigh • Joan Kwon Glass • Marci Carabretta Cancio-Bello

12:45pm EDT

Words in Space: Four poets share their visions PEM Forbes GalleryMartha Collins • Mary Buchinger • Danielle Legros Georges • Donna David

2:00pm EDT

Poems from Home: A Reading & Discussion with Massachusetts Poets, Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for the Book PEM Forbes GalleryKarolina Zapal • Nathan McClain • Sara Deniz Akant • Jill McDonough

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

We Were Never Meant to Survive: Poetry of Witness to Womanhood PEM Forbes GalleryJanine Joseph • Eugenia Leigh • Chase Berggrun • Maya Marshall
 
Sunday, May 7
 

10:15am EDT

Navigating the Italian Diaspora: Three Bordighera Press Poets Read and Discuss Their Work PEM Forbes GalleryJulia Lisella • Carla Panciera • Jennifer Martelli

11:30am EDT

Body States: A Poetry Reading & Conversation with Kevin McLellan, Enzo Silon Surin & Cheryl Clark Vermeulen PEM Forbes GalleryEnzo Silon Surin • Kevin McLellan • Cheryl Clark Vermeulen

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
 
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