In the next month or so we’ll be re-posting stories that have run on the site, but that still have relevance and provoke interest. We start with a piece written by Rhina P. Espaillat. One of the many things poetry does well is help create a sense of community, even among people who may not know very much about [...]
About Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Malone has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship grant in poetry. Her work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Cortland Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry Northwest. The poem published in the Beloit Poetry Journal was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her chapbook All Waters Run to Lethe was recently published by Finishing Line Press.New Poetry Craft Book by Annie Finch
The following is an interview with Annie Finch, who has written a new book called A Poet’s Craft, a comprehensive guide to making and sharing poetry. Until May 31, the University of Michigan Press is offering the book at half price to anyone attending the Massachusetts Poetry Festival this year. (See information on how to order in [...]
MPF Videos: First — Louder Than a Bomb Slam …
Talk about enthusiasm! Talk about young people and their interest in poetry! Watch this video of the students from four schools who came together as finalists for the first Louder than a Bomb slam contest  in Massachusetts.  The program is sponsored by Mass Poetry.
MPF Videos: Second — Bad Poetry
The Mass Poetry Festival sponsored a poetry contest before the event — a bad poetry contest, judged by the expert in bad poetry himself, Steve Almond. If you were lucky enough, you heard Almond’s presentation in the PEM Atrium — a presentation that tempted many museum goers, who came to see art exhibits, but stayed [...]
Food for Festival Thought: Stephen Dunn and Frank Bidart (Sunday Poets) on PingPong and Hollywood
