http://masspoetry.org Oct. 15 to 18, 2009 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:20:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The MassPOP Poetry Retreat for High School Teachers at the Boston Anthenaeum The MassPOP high school teacher poetry retreat and professional development training will take place on August 12 and 13th from 10 am to 4 pm and will be led by Jill McDonough and Maggie Dietz, Boston-area poets and teachers. ... http://masspoetry.org/2010/07/14/the-masspop-poetry-retreat-for-high-school-teachers-at-the-boston-anthenaeum/ At the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, two distinguished poets look at the major rifts in contemporary poetic taste. Without denying their own viewpoints, Charles Bernstein and Frank Bidart look at why different poets have different ideas about what constitutes good poetry. [audio:http://masspoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Bidart_Frank_Bernstein-Charles_Fulcrum-Debate-Edited_Lowell-MA_10-11-081.mp3|titles=Bidart_Frank_Bernstein-Charles_Fulcrum-Debate-Edited_Lowell-MA_10-11-08] http://masspoetry.org/2010/07/07/festival-features-a-discussion-of-fissures-in-contemporary-poetry/ The MassPOP poet residency program served the North Allston/Brighton area through an integrated yearlong program of intensive poet teaching sessions at the Gardner Pilot Academy, a reading series at the Honan-Allston Library, and a partnership with a local letterpress studio, Firefly Press, in the creation of a commemorative printed product ... http://masspoetry.org/2010/07/02/masspop-poet-residency-program-in-north-allston/ One of the highlights of the 2009 festival was a day-long reading featuring Massachusetts poets with new books. We are delighted to present the video of that reading with the generous support of AccelaCast and the Massachusetts Center for the Book. If you're having trouble with the below video, ... http://masspoetry.org/2010/01/07/incredible-video-of-poets-with-new-books-reading/ We are committed to a process of rigorous evaluation of the 2009 Poetry Festival. What worked well? What did not?  We tried out regional kick off events across the state – should we keep them or not? Should we keep scheduling the Festival in October? We have an online survey that ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/23/we-need-to-hear-from-you/ What an incredible weekend!  The second annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival was a great success -- but a special thank you to everyone who was involved: poets, presenters, participants, partners, sponsors,  funders, volunteers, and organizers -- especially the Organizing Committee, whose leadership, vision, commitment, and energy brought the Festival to life. You ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/19/thank-you-for-everything/ Given the size of the Festival and its growing audience, we still need 20 more volunteers for Saturday in Lowell. Please if you can, volunteer a couple of hours by clicking on the orange volunteer button. Thank You! http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/09/wanted-20-more-volunteers/ That’s right: 178 poets and presenters are reading, leading workshops or performing at the Poetry Festival. It is a remarkable number. But even more remarkable is the creativity, talent, diversity and energy of this group. Poets reading range in age, literally, from teens to people in their 80’s. We have ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/09/final-count-of-poets-workshop-leaders-and-presenters-for-2009-poetry-festival-178/ We are proud to announce that the two residents for our inaugural year of the HAPF (Harvard-Allston Partnership Fund) sponsored MassPOP Allston-Brighton Poet Residency Program have been selected. Patrick Donnelly will be the fall resident in the Gardner Pilot Academy's 5th grade class and Jason Roush will be the spring ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/02/harvard-allston-partnership-fund-residents/ We are just 15 days from the state-wide opening events of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.  Many of our writing workshops on Saturday are sold out; if you're interested, get your tickets now and tell your friends to do the same. The Poetry Fest Sessions in Cambridge on Sunday evening has ... http://masspoetry.org/2009/10/02/fridays-events/