http://masspoetry.org mass poetry outreach project Wed, 27 May 2009 21:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are continuing to plan this year's poetry festival, and we have some exciting developments to share.  Last year's festival was exclusively in Lowell.  This year we will not only have an even larger presence in Lowell, with more programs and activities and poems, but we are also planning kick-off ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/05/27/breaking-news-massachusetts-wide/ The 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival will highlight small press publishing to show its importance to the craft of poetry -- without a small press culture, there is no sustainable American Poetic Tradition. The editors and publishers of 25 different presses and magazines will have their books and journals for sale ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/05/27/170/ Update: We are no longer accepting proposals. We received more than 70; last year we received just 20. We will be notifying everyone by July 1, 2009. Thank you for participating! We are looking forward to an exciting Festival this year. The 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival is seeking proposals ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/04/28/request-for-proposals/ We are delighted to announce that the second annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held in Lowell on October 16th and 17th, 2009.  Please hold these dates on your calendar! More information will be forthcoming -- but please let us know what kinds of events you'd like to see.  Watch ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/03/10/save-the-date-2009-poetry-festival/ To all of our Festival sponsors, partners, supporters, special guests, volunteers, and attendees: As we bid farewell to what has been an incredibly special weekend, we express our sincerest thanks to all of you for your hard work, support, and enthusiasm for this inaugural event. There are many who contributed to ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/10/12/the-massachusetts-poetry-festival-committee-thanks-you/ On our final day of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, we invite you to join us for the following programs. For everyone who attended our past two days of the Fest, WE THANK YOU. TODAY -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 "Downtown Kerouac Places" with tour guide Roger Brunelle 11 AM - 12:30 PM This insightful tour of ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/10/12/join-us-for-our-final-day-of-the-festival/ Join us for our Friday Night, Saturday Afternoon, and Saturday Night Featured Reading events: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 / 7 - 8:30 PM Rhina Espaillat, Nick Flynn & Regie Gibson Lowell High School Freshman Academy 43 French Street (enter at John Street entrance) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 / 1:30 -2:30 PM Marjorie Agosin & Ed Sanders Lowell High School Freshman ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/10/05/130/ The first ever Massachusetts Poetry Festival is less than two weeks away. The schedule is filled with different workshops and readings. We hope you are periodically looking at our website for the news and all the details of the schedule. For example, it has just been announced that poet and ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/10/02/an-invitation-to-attend-poetry-our-times/ Watch Nick Flynn read at the 2008 Poetry Festival. Massachusetts poet Nick Flynn will be one of three Featured Readers at Lowell High School Freshman Academy on Friday, October 10 at 7 p.m. Flynn will read alongside poets Rhina Espaillat and Regie Gibson, who round out the evening's line-up. Nick Flynn's "Another ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/09/28/nick-flynn-joins-featured-reader-line-up/ JACK KEROUAC GUIDED TOUR OF LOWELL "Downtown Kerouac Places" with tour guide Roger Brunelle 11 AM - 12:30 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 Tour meets in front of Pollard Memorial Library (401 Merrimack St.) and ends at the Jack Kerouac Commemorative on Bridge Street. Many places in downtown Lowell were important to Jack in his youth and early ... http://masspoetry.org/2008/09/22/guided-walking-tour-of-kerouacs-lowell/