The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Lea Banks

Gill, Massachusetts

10:15am EDT

Our Hands Upon St. Peter's Church - Large RoomAlexis Fedorjaczenko The Informal Formal: A Craft Reading Cinema Salem - Theater 1Michael Mercurio • Desiree C. Bailey • Molly Akin • Tatiana Johnson-Boria Danielle Legros Georges: A Tribute PEM - Morse AuditoriumMartha Collins • Kevin Gallagher • Patrick Sylvain • Tracy K. Smith

11:30am EDT

“On Being Ill:” The Challenges, and Opportunities, of Writing Chronic Illness Cinema Salem - Theater 1Carolyn Oliver • Ann Wallace • Therese Gleason • Maria S. Picone/수영

12:45pm EDT

Writing Through Evolving Place PEM - Groups HubLivia Meneghin • Kiran Maharaj • Mary Kovaleski Byrnes • Sonia Aggarwal • Heather Wright Poets in Conversation with Gender Cinema Salem - Theater 1Lee Desrosiers • Steven Riel • Jendi Reiter • Subhaga Crystal Bacon

2:00pm EDT

Grief and Resilience: Poetry Navigating Loss PEM - Groups HubEllen Steinbaum • Wendy Drexler • Ann Bookman • Oliver de la Paz • Steven Ratiner

3:15pm EDT

Love is the Measure of Loss: Poetry of Grief PEM - Morse AuditoriumCindy Veach • Quintin Collins • Jennifer Martelli • Subhaga Crystal Bacon • Susan Rich Science in Poetry | Poetry in Science National Park Service - AuditoriumJackie Craven • Maggie Greaves • Barbara Ungar • Sarah Giragosian

7:00pm EDT

Headline Reading: Featuring Danez Smith sponsored by Graywolf Press Tabernacle ChurchDanez Smith

10:15am EDT

Celebrating 25 Years of the Massachusetts Book Awards in Poetry, Sponsored by The Massachusetts Center for the Book PEM - Morse AuditoriumJanuary Gill O'Neil • Daniel Tobin • Amy Dryansky • Sara Deniz Akant • Ilan Stavans • Enzo Silon Surin

11:30am EDT

Finding the Lyric in Shame Cinema Salem - Theater 1Shira Dentz • Krysten Hill • Jennifer Martelli • Jessica Cuello • Joan Kwon Glass A Conversation Among Poets National Park Service - AuditoriumRichard Hoffman • Robbie Gamble • Dzvinia Orlowsky • Tatiana Johnson-Boria State of Poetry Panel PEM - Morse AuditoriumJanuary Gill O'Neil • Cristela Guerra • Carmen Giménez • Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah

12:45pm EDT

Headline Reading: Featuring Regie Gibson & Keetje Kuipers PEM - Morse AuditoriumRegie Gibson • Keetje Kuipers The Climate for Publishing Poetry in Massachusetts Cinema Salem - Theater 1Anna M. Warrock • Gloria Mindock • Robbie Gamble • Cheryl Clark Vermeulen • Eileen Cleary Why & How to Read Poetry in Translation PEM - Groups HubJennifer Jean • J.D. Scrimgeour • Jonathan Bennett Bonilla

2:00pm EDT

Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora Anthology Reading Cinema Salem - Theater 1Tobi Kassim • Leticia Priebe Rocha • Wangeci Gitau

3:15pm EDT

Headline Reading: Featuring Marilyn Chin & Ross Gay PEM - East India Marine HallRoss Gay • Marilyn Chin