The Massachusetts Poetry Festival welcomes emerging poets in several of its events. One of those bright new stars is Joseph O. Legaspi, the co-founder of Kundiman, a nonprofit organization serving Asian American poetry.  Legaspi, author of Imago (CavanKerry Press,) is the winner of a Global Filipino Literary Award and a poetry fellowship from the New [...]

Mention train and many in the Boston area think of a hassle-free way to get to work. But put the word “poetry” in front of it and suddenly “train” sounds as magical as Polar Express. A true-to-life “Poetry Train” – well, poetry car – will be leaving three times on May 14 to take people [...]