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The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival
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Lit Craft is Witchcraft: Writing & Performance as Magical Practice
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
PEM - Groups Hub
Explore the allure of the witch archetype and its resonance with personal agency and outsider perspectives. Leaders in the magical writing community unveil their journey, showcasing how practices like automatic writing, tarot, animism, and shadow work fuel creative expression and experimentation. From spell books to astrology columns, from page to stage, they traverse literary realms, infusing their work with their own personal magic. This panel includes performance, interaction, and discussion of craft (witchy and literary!). Come revel in the magic and find new keys to unlock your most potent writing.
Speakers
avatar for Shari Caplan

Shari Caplan

Shari Caplan (she/her) is the artist behind “Exhibitionist” (Lily Poetry Review, 2024, Paul Nemser Prize Winner), “The Red Shoes; a phantasmagoric ballet on paper” (Lambhouse Books, Sept 2023) and 'Advice from a Siren’ (Dancing Girl Press, 2016). Her poems have swum into... Read More →
avatar for Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez

Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez

Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez is a Chilean poet and novelist working at the intersections of text, textile, performance, archive, and translation. They are the author of La Pava (Ediciones Inubicalistas) and A/An (End of the Line Press). Their work has been supported by fellowships and residencies... Read More →
avatar for Kailey Tedesco

Kailey Tedesco

Kailey Tedesco (she/her/hers) is a practicing witch, caul bearer, and mother living in the Lehigh Valley. She has written four full-length collections of poetry, most recently including FOREVERHAUS (2020) & MOTHERDEVIL (2024) with White Stag Publishing. She teaches courses pertaining... Read More →
avatar for Jezmina von Thiele

Jezmina von Thiele

Jezmina Von Thiele (they/she) is a writer, editor, educator, podcaster, and fortune teller. They write poetry, fiction, & nonfiction published in Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review Online, Narrative Magazine, & elsewhere, and some of this work is published under Jessica Reidy. Jezmina... Read More →
Saturday May 31, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
PEM - Groups Hub 32 Derby Square Salem, MA 01970 USA

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