Salem is willing and excited to accommodate those who attend the Massachusetts Poetry Festival on May 12, 13, and 14. And there’ll be trains and trolleys to get you from one place to another. Check below to find a list of hotels and inns as well as restaurants that offer special priviledges to Festival attendees. Hotels [...]
Archive | March, 2011
Headliners for the Mass Poetry Festival
At the Massachusetts Poetry Festival on May 12, 13 and 14, downtown Salem and Salem State University are going to be packed with festivities. In addition workshops, panel discussions, readings, small press fairs, music, and slam competitions, each evening will culminate with headliner attractions. Thursday Night Headliner Salem State will be honoring an alumnus, Tom Sexton, the [...]
Your Common Threads Kit is ready!
We are delighted to release the first Common Threads poetry selection and guide. The kit can be read on the web or can be downloaded. Go to http://masspoetry.org/commonthreads/ . We are also in discussions about printing the kits and making them available for a small cost. We expect to know about that in the next [...]
Award-winning poet Patricia Smith joins Saturday night headliners
Patricia Smith, whose book Blood Dazzler chronicles the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and was named on one of NPR’s Top 5 Books of 2008, will join Mark Doty and Kim Richey as a Saturday night headliner for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. The May 14th event will be the culmination of this year’s Massachusetts Poetry Festival. [...]
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