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Festival Announcements

By on April 5, 2012 in Featured, News

Check this page for special deals and announcements about the Festival. We’ll be adding to the list below as we have other items to report. This year we are again using a social media schedule — our “Facebook for Poets”– that allows you to register, choose the events you wish to attend, and connect with [...]

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New Addition to Saturday Headliners

By on April 3, 2012 in Featured, Festival 2012, News

Sherwin Bitsui will be joining his fellow poets Joy Harjo, Nikky Finney and Wesley McNair at the headline event in the Peabody Essex Museum, Saturday, April 21st. Sherwin comes from White Cone, Arizona where he lived on the Navajo Reservation. He is Dine of the Todich’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tl’izilani (Many Goats [...]

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The MPF Schedule of Events Is Now Online!

By on March 31, 2012 in Featured, News

Okay! We are getting close now — the Massachusetts Poetry Festival is only weeks away — and our plans have a definite shape. In fact they are so definite you can take  our schedule and create your own for each day. Check out all the poets who will be there. Check out the readings, the lectures, [...]

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The Festival Needs Your Help — Volunteer!

By on March 20, 2012 in Featured, News

Wordsmiths, literacy advocates and community builders—assemble! Volunteer here! The Massachusetts Poetry Festival needs your help! Held in historic Salem from April 20-22 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), The Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival is expected to bring in 1,500 poets and poetry lovers alike and will showcase a variety of extraordinary local and regional poets, as well [...]

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