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The Massachusetts Poetry Festival 2015

Welcome to the schedule of the 2015 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, happening May 1-3 in the beautiful and historic town of Salem!

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To purchase your attendance button, read articles on our headliners, get tips for where to stay in Salem, and more, visit our website at www.masspoetry.org/festival2015.

8:30am EDT

Get Free, Poet!: Workshop with Anthony Febo *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Pickman Room Harlym 1two5 Reading and Q&A *Student Track*LIMITED Salem Five Community Room Poetry Sampler *Student Track*LIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floor Words that Slay the Monsters--How to Write Through Your Fear: Workshop with Krysten Hill *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Sophia Room Writing From Memory: Workshop with Tara Skurtu *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Essex Room

9:40am EDT

Beast Mode: Be a Beast *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Essex Room Krysten Hill Reading and Q&A *Student Track*LIMITED Salem Five Community Room Reading and Open Mic: Anthony Febo, José Olivarez, Rachel Wiley *Student Track*LIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floor Social Justice, Tragedy, and the Poet as Witness: Workshop with Karen Sharpe *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Pickman Room Tara Skurtu Reading and Q&A *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Sophia Room

10:50am EDT

Cartoons Have Feelings, Too: Workshop with José Olivarez *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Essex Room Freewriting Fun Time: Workshop with Jill McDonough *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Pickman Room Lloyd Schwartz's Master Class in Reading Your Own Work Aloud *Student Track*LIMITED Salem Five Community Room Rachel Wiley Reading and Q&A *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Sophia Room Reading and Open Mic: Harlym 1two5, Krysten Hill, Tara Skurtu *Student Track*LIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floor

12:00pm EDT

José Olivarez Reading and Q&A *Student Track*LIMITED Salem Five Community Room Reading: Jill McDonough, Lloyd Schwartz & Their UMass Boston MFA Students *Student Track*LIMITED Old Town Hall, 2nd floor Silly Image, Serious Thought: A Comedy Club in the Poetic Temple: A Workshop with Noah Burton *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Pickman Room Write it Beautiful: Workshop with Rachel Wiley *Student Track*LIMITED Hawthorne Essex Room