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Regie Gibson announced as Massachusetts Inaugural Poet Laureate at Mass Poetry’s 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Regie Gibson named Massachusetts’ first poet laureate at the 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival. /...

Mass Poetry Features on WBUR to Promote Teen Spoken Word Festival

On May 3rd, 2024, Mass Poetry's Executive Director Daniel Johnson and SW@MP (Spoken Word at Mass Poetry) and Teen Council Member Maria Zaki appeared...

Mass Poetry Promotes Teen Spoken Word Festival on CBS News

On May 3rd, 2024, Mass Poetry's Executive Director Daniel Johnson appeared on CBS News to promote our inaugural Teen Spoken Word Festival. Watch the...

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