The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Peter Urkowitz

SSU Library

Library Assistant

Salem, MA

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6:30pm EDT

Kickoff Event: Common Threads: A Celebration of Massachusetts Poets Old Town HallElizabeth Bradfield • J.D. Scrimgeour • David J. Silva, Ph.D. • John Andrews • Carmen Barefield • Janet E. Aalfs • Amy Wise Rothschild • Theadora Siranian • Porsha Olayiwola • Anna Lucia Deloia • Gray Davidson Carroll

10:00am EDT

Revere Beach Stories: Poems and Photographs PEM - Atrium AlcoveKevin Carey • Jennifer Martelli • Stephenie Young

10:15am EDT

Danielle Legros Georges: A Tribute PEM - Morse AuditoriumMartha Collins • Kevin Gallagher • Patrick Sylvain • Tracy K. Smith

11:00am EDT

Common Threads: Weaving Worlds Together. A Community Poem for the 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival Essex Street - Pedestrian Mall

11:30am EDT

Goin’ Up Yonder: Religion in Black Poetics St. Peter's Church - Large RoomPorsha Olayiwola • Quintin Collins • Matthew E. Henry • Sarah Kersey

12:00pm EDT

Poetry-Go-Round: Virtual Dire Literary Series Essex Street - Pedestrian MallTimothy Gager • Jennifer Martelli • Tom Laughlin • Kimberly Ann Priest

12:45pm EDT

Bad Classicist: Writers Who Push Back Against Myth National Park Service - AuditoriumJen Jabaily-Blackburn • Nina MacLaughlin • Shanta Lee

1:00pm EDT

Poetry-Go-Round: Speak Up Open Mic Essex Street - Pedestrian MallDave Somerset • Robert Whelen • Elizabeth Gordon McKim • Jack Giaour

2:00pm EDT

Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Reading Celebrating 22 Years of MER - Mom Egg Review Cinema Salem - Theater 1Cindy Veach • Kathleen Aguero • Carla Panciera • Jennifer Barber • Joan Kwon Glass • Marjorie Tesser • Nadia Arioli

3:00pm EDT

Poetry-Go-Round: Lily Poetry Series Essex Street - Pedestrian MallAnne Elezabeth Pluto • Eileen Cleary • Gloria Monaghan • Christine Jones

3:15pm EDT

"Mining America's Slave Archives: The Intentional Work of Transhistorical Black Poetry" Cinema Salem - Theater 1nicole terez dutton • Artress Bethany White • Lauren Russell

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

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 Moving Words: Poetry & Dance Old Town HallTimothy Gager • Casey Lynn Roland • Betsy Miller • Meghan McLyman • Subhaga Crystal Bacon • Hannah Larrabee • Anna V. Q. Ross • Michelle Deane • Abriana McCollim • Sarah Soares • Olivia Fasino

2:00pm EDT

Re-Inventing the Love Poem: Queer Writers on Embodiment PEM - Morse AuditoriumJill McDonough • Keetje Kuipers • Chen Chen • Joshua Nguyen • Amanda Gunn

3:15pm EDT

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