Massachusetts Statewide Poetry Calendar

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Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Angela Dribben OnlineAngela Dribben

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Birthright: A Virtual Poetry Reading with George Abraham OnlineGeorge Abraham

11:00am EST

Virtual Poetry Writing Workshop with Susan Roney-O’Brien OnlineSusan Roney-O’Brien

2:00pm EST

Book Launch: Aporia by Eric E. Hyett OnlineErica Hyett • Heather Nelson

7:00pm EST

Martín Espada with Luke Salisbury, Floaters TBA

7:00pm EST

Poetry Readings: Cheryl Savageau, David Surette, Ellen LaFlèche and Steven Riel TBA

5:00pm EST

reflection | regeneration | renewal Poetry Reading Online

3:00pm EST

Poetry As Portraiture and Remembrance: Reading and Q&A with Moira Linehan and Angela Narciso Torres OnlineMoira Linehan • Angela Narciso Torres

7:00pm EST

Poetry at the Y Reading Series (Virtually via Zoom) - POETRY READING & Open Mic Online

2:00pm EST

Temple Sinai’s Twelfth Annual Poetry Festival Featuring Marge Piercy TBA

4:00pm EST

Pondering the Pandemic During the Rust Years: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Joe Fusco OnlineJoe Fusco Jr.

7:00pm EST

Shelter: The Art of Caring -- Virtual Poetry & Prose Reading TBAStephan Anstey • Diamond Asaneh • Suzanne Beebe • Douglas Bishop • MJ Bujold • Charles Gargiulo • Nancy Jasper • S.C. Thibodeau • PJ Wamala

7:30pm EST

CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES OnlineSusan Buttenwieser • Scott Withiam

12:00pm EST

Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Owen Lewis OnlineOwen Lewis

11:00am EST

Virtual Panel Discussion Featuring New England Poets OnlineMeg Kearney

7:00pm EST

A virtual Thirsty Lab with Moira Linehan ZoomSusan Roney O'Brien • Moira Linehan

7:00pm EST

Martín Espada — Author of Floaters at the Odyssey Bookshop OnlinePaul Mariani

9:00am EST

Authors and Artists: Writing the Land OnlineDavid Crews • Ross Gay • Dina Gilio-Whitaker • Latria Graham • Rahawa Haile • Jillian Hishaw • JuPong Lin • Cheryl Savageau • Paul Richmond

2:00pm EST

Poetry Reading with Charles Coe Online

12:30pm EST

MCC Visiting Writers Series presents Kevin Carey Online

3:00pm EST

Sean Hill and Michael Kleber-Diggs: Concord Virtual Poetry at the Library Series OnlineSean Hill • Michael Kleber-Diggs Visions for a Nation in Balance: Sean Hill & Michael Kleber-Diggs OnlineSean Hill • Michael Kleber-Diggs

7:30pm EDT

CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES OnlineSally Bliumis-Dunn

11:00am EDT

A Light Breeze from Kerry: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Curt Curtin OnlineDee O'Connor

11:00am EDT

Kerry Dancers: A Family Portrait in Poetry Online

6:30pm EDT

Pakachoag Music School Presents Chasing Dreams to American Shores Online

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: An Afternoon with Allison Adair and Tiana Clark OnlineAllison Adair • Tiana Clark

7:00pm EDT

Across the Tracks: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Curt Curtin OnlineDee O'Connor

2:00pm EDT

Four Jennifers OnlineJennifer Jean • Jennifer Martelli • Jennifer Militello • Jennifer Markell

7:30pm EDT

SRP Broadside Reading & Craft Talk with Jendi Reiter & Armen Davoudian ZoomArmen Davoudian • J. Hyde Meissner • Jendi Reiter

7:00pm EDT

Poetry Month Celebration with Mass. Book Award Poetry Winners Online

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: Andrea Cohen / Fady Joudah OnlineFady Joudah

3:00pm EDT

Tuning in to a higher power: poems of prayer Online

7:00pm EDT

The Book of Delights with Ross Gay OnlineRoss Gay

12:00pm EDT

“There is a hornet in the room”: A Craft Talk and Poetry Reading About Insects with Robyn Schiff OnlineRobyn Schiff

3:00pm EDT

Concord Poetry at the Library Series presents: Krysten Hill and Cynthia Manick, A reading and conversation with Joyce Peseroff OnlineCynthia Manick

6:30pm EDT

Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Summer Reading Series OnlineSteven Cramer • Buki Papillon

6:30pm EDT

Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Summer Reading Series OnlineJoan Houlihan • Sara Zarr

4:00pm EDT

All Morning the Crows: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Meg Kearney OnlineMeg Kearney

11:00am EDT

Fire Goes Out Without Wood: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Catherine Reed OnlineCatherine Reed

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic OnlineSusan Donnelly • James Whitley

5:30pm EDT

Writing a Black Trans Past OnlineCameron Awkward-Rich

6:30pm EDT

Amesbury Monthly Poetry Reading OnlineTherese Broderick • Ellie O'Leary

1:00pm EDT

Writing the Land Poets' Book Launch OnlineKatherine Hagopian Berry • Mike Bove • Robert Carr • Ann Day • Alice B. Fogel • Jason Grundstrom-Whitney • Jesse Lovasco • Suzanne Rancourt

7:00pm EDT

Solidarity Salon/ Virtual Version OnlineAllison Adair • Karen Frieland • Jenna Le • Kevin McLellan

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Mic OnlineYves Mary Jean

4:00pm EDT

Peculiar Heritage: A Virtual Poetry Reading with DeMisty D. Bellinger OnlineDeMisty Bellinger

7:00pm EDT

Virtual Special Event: Bobby LeFebre Shares His Social Justice Poetry OnlineBobby LeFebre

11:00am EDT

Complex Nests: A Virtual Discussion & Tutorial with Blackout Poet Jessica McHugh OnlineJessica McHugh

7:30pm EDT

Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture Series featuring Poets Natasha Trethewey and Meg Fernandes OnlineMegan Fernandes • Natasha Trethewey

7:00pm EDT

Rozzie Reads Poetry & Open Mic OnlineKrysten Hill • Christine Tierney

1:00pm EDT

Online Poetry: Medicine for the Soul OnlineJessica Fisher

7:15pm EDT

Blacksmith House Poetry Series: Jeffrey Harrison and Nathalie Handal Online

5:00pm EST

Language is Not an Animal We Can Train: A Reading and Talk with Eduardo Corral OnlineEduardo Corral

3:00pm EST

Virtual Poetry At the Concord Free Library: Jeffrey Harrison and Matthew Lippman Online

7:30pm EST

Chapter & Verse Literary Reading Series OnlineAlison Adair

12:00pm EST

Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Holly Iglesias OnlineHolly Iglesias

7:00pm EST

Cervena Barva Press Zoom Reading Series OnlineDayna Leslie Hodges • John L. Stanizzi

7:00pm EST

Rozzie Reads Poetry and Open Microphone OnlineConnie Nelson

7:00pm EST

A Virtual Thirsty Lab Poetry Reading with David Surette TBA

12:00pm EST

Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Malachi Black OnlineMalachi Black

12:00pm EST

Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Dane Cervine OnlineDane Cervine

4:00pm EST

& Company: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Moira Linehan OnlineMoira Linehan

7:00pm EST

Cervena Barva Press Book Launch OnlineKaren Friedland • Corey Mesler

7:30pm EST

Chapter & Verse Literary Reading Series OnlineJoshua Coben

TBA

Poetry in Spanish and Translations INTO ENGLISH AND INTO MUSIC TBALeslie Bary • Pedro Granados • Stephany Svorinić • Daisy Novoa Vásquez

3:00pm EST

Concord Poetry at the Library Series: Steven Cramer and Joyce Peseroff Online

12:00pm EST

Online Poetry Series: The Refuge of Witnessing featuring Owen Lewis OnlineOwen Lewis

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206 Worcester Road
56 Brattle Street Cambridge
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65 Washington St Weymouth, MA 02188
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90 Park Street, Florence, Massachusetts
African American Meeting House at the Museum of African American History
Amesbury Public Library
Amesbury Senior Center
Amherst Books
Andala Cafe
Annie's Book Stop (Worcester)
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Arnold Arboretum
Art Building, Hinchcliff Reception Hall (Mt. Holyoke)
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Arts at the Armory/Basement B8
Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in the Tsotsis Family Acad
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Boston Athenæum
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Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Boston Public Library - Mattapan Branch
Boston Public Library's Main Branch
Boylston Plaza
Brockton Arts
Brockton Public Library
Brookline Booksmith
Cambridge Public Library
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Cantab Lounge
Cary Memorial Library
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Coffee and Cotton
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Curtis Memorial Library
Diehl Marcus & Company
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Duxbury Library
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Edward M. Kennedy Institute For the U.S. Senate
Emerson Urban Arts Media Gallery
Federal Street Books
First Baptist Church
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First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Follen Church Society
Follow Your Art Community Studios
Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery
Forum Room, Lamont Library
Framingham State University, Heineman Ecumenical Center
Grolier Book Shop
Grolier Poetry Bookshop
GrubStreet
GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
Home.stead Bakery and Cafe
home.stead café
Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library
Huntington Theatre Company
I Am Books
John Greenleaf Whittier Home & Museum
Katzenberg Center, 3rd floor, CGS
Knafel Auditorium, Radcliffe Institute
Lee Library
Leventhal Center Auditorium
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Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons University
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Main Lecture Hall Cambridge Public Library
Make Shift Boston
Make-It Springfield
Marran Theater
Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center
MassArt, Kennedy, 406
Massasoit Community College
McCormack Family Theater
Menino Arts Center
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Middlesex Community College (Bedford Campus)
MIT Press Bookstore
MIT Stata Center
Newburyport Public Library
Newton Free Library
Newtonville Books
Nick's Bar & Restaurant
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Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio
Old South Meeting House
Olver Transit Pavillion
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Outpost 186
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Pemberton Farms
Pierce Hall, First Parish in Brookline
Plymouth Center for the Arts
Plymouth Public Library Otto Fehlow Meeting Room
Ralph's Rock Diner
Root and Press LLC
Roslindale House
Roxbury Heritage State Park
Shattuck Hall, Cassani Room (102) (Mt. Holyoke)
Shelburne-Buckland Community Hall
Smith College Campus Center, Carroll Room
Smith College Poetry Center
Smith College, Alumnae House Conference Hall
Smith College, Seelye Hall
Smokestack Roasters
Sonia
St. Denis Catholic Church
Stacy Adams Cultural Arts Building
Starlight Square
Starlite Bar & Art Gallery
Starlite Bar & Gallery
Suffolk University Poetry Center
Tatnuck Bookseller and Cafe
TBA
Temple Isaiah
Temple Sinai
The Bill Bordy Theatre of Emerson College
The Community Church of Boston
THE DEMOCRACY CENTER , 45 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA (HARVARD SQUARE)
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The Historic Cabot Theatre
The Lilypad
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Tidepool Bookshop, Llc
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