[New-Poetry] Fwd: 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival Expanding

Tue Jun 16 13:30:25 EDT 2009

Thanks for this, you can watch several videos of last year's readings, way
below.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

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>       *Dear Poets & Lovers of Poetry,*
>
> *The 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival<http://e2ma.net/go/2111463297/1925686/71559932/21547/goto:http://www.masspoetry.org>is
> **growing, spreading*, *positively exploding... *We are thrilled to
> announce that there will be simultaneous kick-off events Thursday, Oc tober
> 15th, in Boston, Lowell, Salem, Worcester, Amherst, and the Berkshires. Then
> on Friday and Saturday, the Festival returns to the classic red-brick mills,
> galleries, museums, National Park sites, churches, restaurants, cafes, and
> cobblestone streets of downtown Lowell.
>
> *Applications are now open for small presses wanting to participate in the
> Festival's Small Press Fair on October 17.* Click here to go to our
> website for documents
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>
>
>
> *Afaa Michael Weaver *
> *will be participating in the 2009 Poetry Festival  *
>
> *Anne Waldman founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of
> Writing at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado,will be p articipating in
> the 2009 Poetry Festival *
>  *Friday, Oct. 16,* over 200 high school poets will be reading and
> participating in events at Lowell High School;  there will be an
> intercollegiate poetry showcase with student poets from 14 colleges and
> universities, and a special MPF edition of the Urban Village Arts Series on
> Friday evening.
>
> *On Saturday, Oct. 17*, the packed schedule will include a small press
> fair, readings by regional poetry groups, a Favorite Poem Project session,
> writing workshops, and a late night poetry slam with notable participants
> from Massachusetts and New York -- and much more.
> Just a few of the poets appearing for the Festival this year include:
>
>    - *Afaa M. Weaver *
>    - *James Tate*
>    - *Dara Wier*
>    - *Louise Gluck*
>    - *Ann Waldman*
>    - *Jericho Brown*
>       - *XJ Kennedy and the Light Brigade*
>    - *Robert Pinsky*
>    - *Lloyd Schwartz*
>    - *And many more!*
>
> *  *
> *Louise Gluck , former U.S. Poet Laureate is participating in the 2009
> Poetry Festival  *
>
>
> *Robert Pinsky is participating in this years  *
> *Festival  *
>   *On Sunday, Oct. 18, *Harvard University will host a poetry and jazz
> program with Robert Pinsky and musicians.
> 0A
> *To keep up with the events being scheduled regularly check in at
> www.masspoetry.org<http://e2ma.net/go/2111463297/1925686/71559930/21547/goto:http://www.masspoetry.org/>
> *
>
> The Festival is expanding.
> The Festival is growing
>          --- despite the financial hard times.
>
> Because all of us believe,
> especially in these hard times,
> that people need poetry more than ever.
>    *But to do all this we also need you to participate  !*
>
> Please donate to the Poetry Festival. We need 100 people to step up and
> donate $50 dollars or whatever you can to make sure we can keep expanding
> the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. We need to rely on lots of small
> donations from individuals who want to support poetry. We need you.
>
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> Stay tuned for more announcements shortly.
>
> Thank you.
>
> §¨©
> Michael Ansara
> For the Festival Planning Committee
>
>
>  [image: 2008 Videos]
> *You can watch videos of some of the readings from the 2008 Festival by
> clicking here.*<http://e2ma.net/go/2111463297/1925686/71559918/21547/goto:http://masspoetry.org/videos/>
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