Back by popular demand, Mass Poetry offers its second annual Common Threads group reading and discussion program for April, National Poetry Month. The texts of the poems, videos of the poets reading their own work and poems from those no longer with us, plus a discussion guide, questions, and links will be available on [...]
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Who’ll be Brookline’s poet laureate?
Brookline is joining a select group of cities in Massachusetts as it seeks to name a poet laureate. This month the town selectmen voted unanimously to assign the task of finding the first candidate to the Brookline Arts Commission. The poet laureate, who must be a resident of Brookline, will serve a two-year term and will [...]
Saturday night headliners
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival announces the following three poets who will headline events Saturday night: Nikky Finney, Wesley McNair, and Joy Harjo. 2011 National Book Award Winner Nikky Finney Nikky Finney was born in South Carolina, within listening distance of the sea. A child of activists, she came of age during the civil rights and [...]
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, [...]
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- Student Festivals January 29, 2012
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- CommonThreads: Poems for National Poetry Month January 28, 2012
- Your invitation to volunteer for the Mass Poetry Festival January 28, 2012
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- 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
- Taking shape: the fourth Mass Poetry Festival January 19, 2012
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