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Saturday night headliners

By on January 24, 2012 in Featured, News

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 [...]

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Report on a Student Day of Poetry: “Every single kid is engaged!”

By on January 21, 2012 in Featured, For Teachers, High School Programs, News

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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The MassPoetry Festival has a new executive director

By on January 20, 2012 in News

The Massachusetts Poetry Festival is happy to announce it has a new executive director. In her new role, January Gill O’Neil assumes a dual position as she also joins the faculty of Salem State University as an assistant professor. O’Neil comes with an sterling background for her new position. She was senior writer/editor at Babson [...]

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Taking shape: the fourth Mass Poetry Festival

By on January 19, 2012 in 2012 Festival, Featured, News

  The Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival, which will be held from April 20-22 in downtown Salem, Massachusetts, is beginning to take shape with some of the headliners selected and the proposals for workshops, panels, and reading beginning the review process. Headliner: Joy Harjo Critical to these preparations has been volunteer Beth Moore, who along with [...]

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