Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar

John L. Holgerson is the author of three books of poetry, Convictions of the Heart (In Case of Emergency Press 2021), Unnecessary Tattoo and Other Stains on a Stainless Steel Heart (Finishing Line Press 2016) and Broken Borders (Wasteland Press 2012). He has published poems in small literary journals, both in print and online. He has been a featured poet at poetry venues in southeastern Massachusetts (Poetry: The Art of Words; Calliope; Arts & Humanity among others) and the greater Boston area (Chapter and Verse). He also produced, moderated and read at the 2016 MassPoetry Festival presentation of Poets at the Bar: Five Practicing Massachusetts Attorneys Who Are Published Poets. He is listed in Poets & Writers’ Directory of Poets and Writers; is one of three MassPoetry representatives for Bristol County, Massachusetts; and is the founder of the Poetry as Verdict project providing a public venue for high school student-poets to read their work. His author’s web site is www.johnlholgerson.com. 

Richard Berg is a writer, poet, performance artist, and photographer. He is the former host of For the Love of Words on Easton Cable Access Television which program provides a venue for regional poets and musicians to read and perform their work. He has read at numerous Slam Poetry events and performed on stage as poet Edgar Allan Poe. He is also a public speaker on the subject of Overcoming Adversity as an advocate for the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts and victims of brain injury.

Jim Dunn is a poet and author of Soft Launch (Bootstrap, 2008), Convenient Hole (Pressed Wafer, 2004), and Insects In Sex (Falling Angel Press, 1995). His work has appeared in several publications including spoKe, Polis, Bright Pink Mosquito, The Process, eoagh, Gerry Mulligan, Cafe Review, and The Battersea Review. He edited the John Wieners' journal, A New Book From Rome, with Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher of Bootstrap Press. Along with Kevin Gallagher, he also edited a feature on six Massachusetts poets, for Jacket 2 magazine.

John Mulrooney is a poet, filmmaker, and musician living in Cambridge, MA. He is the author of If You See Something, Say Something from the Anchorite Press and co-producer of the documentary ‘The Peacemaker’, from Central Square Films. He records and performs regularly with a number of groups in the greater Boston area. He is Associate Professor in the English Department at Bridgewater State University. His work has appeared in Fulcrum, Pressed Wafer fold’em zine, Solstice, The Battersea Review, Poetry Northeast, Spoke, Let the Bucket Down and others.