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Looking for older poets
This is the first of a series of articles on New England presses. Our goal is to help serious writers determine the best match for their work by looking at the editorial and publishing criteria of...
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Frost Place Advanced Seminar: making connections that last the decades
The following is an interview with Patrick Donnelly, the Director of the Advanced Seminar program for the Frost Place. Donnelly is the author of THE CHARGE (Ausable Press, 2003, since 2009 part of...
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Getting your manuscript reviewed: Colrain Manuscipt Conference
For this article, we interviewed Joan Houlihan, founder and director of the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference. Her most recent book of poetry is The Us (Tupelo Press), named as a “must read” book...
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Powow River Poets: local poets have wide influence
Rhina Espaillat is a founding member and former director of the Powow River Poets. She writes poetry and prose both in English and in her native Spanish. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines,...
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Second in a series on New England presses
This is the second of a series of articles on New England presses. Our goal is to help serious writers determine the best match for their work by looking at the editorial and publishing criteria of...
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Performance is key to getting students hooked on writing poetry
MassPoetry is sponsoring school programs to promote poetry, especially spoken word poetry. This interview with Dr. Susan Weinstein is the first of a series of stories on the benefits of spoken word...
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Spoken word — the durability of a universal tradition
We have presented several stories about the value of spoken word poetry including Dr. Susan Weinstein’s study of the literacy value of spoken word and Nicole L Rodriguez’s President’s Volunteer Service...
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Louder Than a Bomb: a slam festival that expands on Student Day of Poetry
Friday March 30th through Sunday April 1st Massachusetts Institute of Technology will play host to Massachusetts’ first Louder Than a Bomb festival. The festival, founded by Anna West and Kevin Coval...
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CommonThreads: Poems for national poetry month
Back by popular demand, Mass Poetry offers its second annual Common Threads group reading and discussion program for April, National Poetry Month. The texts of the poems, videos of the poets reading...
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Report on a Student Day of Poetry: "Every single kid is engaged!"
Lisa Stott, who teaches at the Wetherbee School in Lawrence and organized a Student Day of Poetry, contributed the following story. Lately it seems that Lawrence has been in the news only to highlight...
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil: To Be Featured at the Student Day of Poetry
On March 21 students in the Commonwealth will have the opportunity to hear and work with an amazing poet who has won many national prizes, including at least one prize for each of the three books she...
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Two Summer Programs Available for Teachers
Our Program Director Laurin Macios announces two programs for teachers this summer. If you are a teacher or if you know someone who is and might benefit from these two programs, let them know about...
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