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Louder Than a Bomb: a slam festival that expands on Student Day of Poetry

By on January 20, 2012 in Educational programs, Featured, For Teachers, High School Programs

  Friday March 30th through Sunday April 1st Massachusetts Institute of Technology will play host to Massachusetts’ first Louder Than a Bomb festival. The festival, founded by Anna West and Kevin Coval in 2001, originated in Chicago. It is the largest youth poetry slam in the world. The Louder Than a Bomb festival allows youths [...]

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MassPOP Poet Residency Program in North Allston

By on July 2, 2010 in Programs Ed

The MassPOP poet residency program served the North Allston/Brighton area through an integrated yearlong program of intensive poet teaching sessions at the Gardner Pilot Academy, a reading series at the Honan-Allston Library, and a partnership with a local letterpress studio, Firefly Press, in the creation of a commemorative printed product for students and the community. [...]

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