THE BOSTON NATIONAL
POETRY MONTH FESTIVAL
POETRY MONTH FESTIVAL
Now In Its
Successful TWELFTH!!! Year
CO-SPONSORS: Tapestry of Voices & Kaji Aso Studio in partnership with the Boston Public Library, SAVE the DATES:
Saturday, April 28th 10:00 A.M.- 4:40 P.M. OPEN MIKE: 1:30 to 3:00P.M.;
& Sunday, April 29thth, 1:10 to 4:30P.M.
The Festival will be held at the library’s main branch in Copley Square. FREE ADMISSION
56 Major and Emerging poets will each do a ten minute
reading; ALSO
Featuring 5 extraordinarily
talented prize winning high school students: from Boston Latin High School,
Justin Singletary; Boston Arts Academy, Molly Pope; Milton Academy, Daniel
Schwartz; Boston University Academy: Alessandra Davy-Falconi. Winner of the
Helen Creeley Poetry Prize; Acton-Boxborough Regional: Soubhik Barari, winner
of the Helen Creeley National
Poetry High
School Prize. These student stars will open the Festival at 10:00 A.M. SAM CORNISH, Boston’s current and first Poet
Laureate will open the formal part of
the Festival at 11:00 A.M. 55 additional major
and emerging poets will follow with a
POETRY MARATHON
Some of the many luminaries include SAM CORNISH, , Rhina P.
Espaillat, , Richard Wollman, Christine
Casson, Dan Tobin, Jennifer Barber, Alfred Nicol, Kathleen Spivack , Doug Holder,
Elizabeth Doran, Richard Hoffman, Lucy Holstedt Charles Coe, Kim Triedman, Ryk McIntyre, January O’Neil , Regie O’Gibson, Kate Finnegan (Kaji Aso
Studio), Victor Howes, Lainie Senechal,
Harris Gardner Susan Donnelly, Jack Scully, Rene Schwiesow, Chad Parenteau,
Linda Larson, Tomas O’Leary, Molly Bennett, Marc Goldfinger, Gloria Mindock, Tim Gager,
Diana Saenz, Stuart Peterfreund, Elizabeth McKim, Frank Blessington, Valerie
Lawson, Michael Brown, Mignon Ariel King, Tom Daley, Molly Lynn Watt, Ifeanyi
Menkiti, Joanna Nealon, Walter Howard,Ron Goba, Carolyn Gregory, Zvi
Sesling, Irene Koronas, Fred Marchant, Sheila
Twyman, Robert K. Johnson, Suzanne E. Berger, and a Plethora of other prize
winning poets.
This Festival has it
all: Professional published poets,
celebrities, numerous prize winners, student
participation, OPEN MIKE.
Even more, it is about community,
neighborhoods, diversity, Boston, and Massachusetts. This
popular tradition is the largest event in Boston’s
Contribution to National Poetry Month.
FREE
ADMISSION !!!
FOR INFORMATION:
Tapestry of Voices: 617-306-9484
Library: 617-536-5400
