The Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival, which will be held from April 20-22 in downtown Salem, Massachusetts, is beginning to take shape with some of the headliners selected and the proposals for workshops, panels, and reading beginning the review process. Headliner: Joy Harjo Critical to these preparations has been volunteer Beth Moore, who along with [...]
The MassPoetry Festival has a new executive director
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival is happy to announce it has a new executive director. In her new role, January Gill O’Neil assumes a dual position as she also joins the faculty of Salem State University as an assistant professor. O’Neil comes with an sterling background for her new position. She was senior writer/editor at Babson [...]
MassPoetry blog — January 2012
Each month, in addition to topics each blogger wants to discuss, we are selecting one essay or remark for bloggers to respond to if they wish. This month some bloggers are reacting to “The Mystery of Vachel Lindsay” by T.R.Hummer in a recent issue of Slate. You may want to read, too. We’ve marked these blogs [...]
Report on a Student Day of Poetry: “Every single kid is engaged!”
Lisa Stott, who teaches at the Wetherbee School in Lawrence and organized a Student Day of Poetry, contributed the following story. Lately it seems that Lawrence has been in the news only to highlight the state’s designation of the Public School System’s “underperforming status” and announcement of its newly appointed receiver. But on January 10, [...]
- Taking shape: the fourth Mass Poetry Festival January 23, 2012
- The MassPoetry Festival has a new executive director January 21, 2012
- MassPoetry blog — January 2012 January 21, 2012
- Report on a Student Day of Poetry: “Every single kid is engaged!” January 21, 2012
- Blog, January 27 — Jacquelyn Malone January 21, 2012
- Blog, January 4–Jack Scully January 4, 2012
- Blog, January 12– Lisa Olstein January 12, 2012
- Blog, January 7 — Paul Richmond January 7, 2012
- Blog, January 8 — Rhina P. Espaillat January 8, 2012
- Blog, January 9 — Alice Kociemba January 9, 2012
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