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Camry Romney

Arizona, USA

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Hi! My name is Camry (just like the car) and I’m majoring in both Japanese and Creative Writing at Arizona State University. 日本語を話せばぜひ声をかけてね！

Talk to me about anything Japan (I’ve recently spent two years living there!) or anything creative. I’m always looking for new things to read, so tell me your favorite book! Mine is Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

よろしく！

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Headline Reading with Victoria Chang and Khadijah Queen OnlineSamantha DeFlitch • Khadijah Queen • Emily Cooper • Victoria Chang • Samn Stockwell

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All Day Event - Improbable Places Audio Tour OnlineJ.D. Scrimgeour • Kevin Carey • Dawn Paul • Eileen Cleary • January Gill O'Neil • Catherine Fahey • Hugo Pellinen • R.G. Evans • Shari Caplan • Ariella Ruth • Susanna Baird • Colleen Michaels All Day Event - Salem Poem Walk Online All Day Event - Small Press Fair Online

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New Elegies OnlineSumita Chakraborty • Rebecca Morgan Frank • Erin Carlyle • Jessica Guzman Verse Novels: Gateway to Poetry OnlineRajani LaRocca • Kip Wilson • Margarita Engle • Rebecca Caprara Master Class: Reading Your Own Work Aloud OnlineLloyd Schwartz

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Beyond “Girlpower”: Poetry, Identity, and Coming of Age OnlineDiana Whitney • Amy Dryansky • Angélica María Aguilera • Crystal Williams Hand in Hand: The Poet, The Independent Bookstore, and The Place OnlineJosh Cook • Hilde Weisert • Charles Coe • Matt Tannenbaum Writers Worktable: Poets on Research and Fellowships, Sponsored by Cave Canem OnlineJoshua Bennet • Bettina Judd • Christopher Greggs How Pictures Heal: Writing Poetry From Your Personal Photos OnlineKelly DuMar

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Celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the Undocupoets! OnlineAline Mello • Laurel Chen • Esther Lin • Yosimar Reyes The Thing With Feathers: Poetry of Witness to Serious Illness and Trauma OnlineOliver De La Paz • Jennifer Franklin • JUSTIN WYMER • Fred Marchant Beyond the First Book, a Conversation with Jay Deshpande and Kundiman OnlineJay Deshpande • Megan Pinto The World as Muse: Documentary Poetry OnlineColleen Michaels • Dawn Paul

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Her Story Is: in English and Arabic OnlineKirun Kapur • Jennifer Jean • Dima AlBasha A Four Way Books Panel: Writing, Working, and Wellness in a Time of Calamity OnlineHannah Matheson • John Murillo • Angela Narciso Torres • Yona Harvey • Julia Guez Pulling It All Together: From Poems to Publishable Book OnlineLynne Viti • Heather Bryant

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Bridging the Atlantic OnlineChibuihe Obi Achimba • Chekwube Danladi • Logan February Open Mic hosted by Alison Murchie OnlineAlison Murchie Art in Plain Sight: Writing in Response to Massachusetts Murals OnlineMaría Luisa Arroyo

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Headline Reading with Meera Dasgupta, Lang Leav and Dara Wier, sponsored by Arklein Insurance Agency and Mapfre Insurance OnlineMeera Dasgupta • Lang Leav • Dara Wier

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College Slam OnlineHannah Parker • Legacy Thornton • Justice Ameer

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All Day Event - Improbable Places Audio Tour OnlineJ.D. Scrimgeour • Kevin Carey • Dawn Paul • Eileen Cleary • January Gill O'Neil • Catherine Fahey • Hugo Pellinen • R.G. Evans • Shari Caplan • Ariella Ruth • Susanna Baird • Colleen Michaels All Day Event - Salem Poem Walk Online All Day Event - Small Press Fair Online

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Exploring Poetry Through Yoga with Linda Spolidoro OnlineLinda Spolidoro Found in Translation: Back and Forth between English and Mandarin OnlineRodger Martin • Xinrui Jiang

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Ecopoetry: Words in Balance OnlineFred Marchant • Deborah Leipziger • Jennifer Barber • Myronn Hardy The Muse of the Cards: Tarot and Poetry OnlineCatherine Fahey

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"Called Back": A Virtual Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk OnlineElizabeth Bolton • Lee Desrosiers • Hannah Baker Saltmarsh • Kate Godin • Bonnie Larson Staiger • Robin Long • Siri Palreddy • Peter Schmitt • Don Skoog • Rebecca Starks Translating Haiti OnlineAidan Rooney • Emmelie Prophète • Eddy Toussaint Tontongi • Doumafis Lafontan To Play is to Collaborate is to Queer: A Workshop OnlineChen Chen • Sam Herschel Wein

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2020 Re-Do Celebration Ceremony OnlineLillian-Yvonne Bertram • Toni Bee • Heather Treseler • Dur-e-Maknoon Ahmed • Susan Roney-O'Brien • Lesléa Newman • Kip Wilson • Marjorie Maddox • Karina Borowicz • Stephan Delbos • Maru Colbert • Elizabeth S. Wolf • Joshua Coben • Margot Douaihy

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Voices in (Self-)Translation OnlineMaría Luisa Arroyo • María José Giménez • Jean-Dany Joachim • Rhina Espaillat Sheyr Jangi: Lineages of Survival OnlineZohra Saed • Aurora Masum-Javed • Purvi Shah • Sahar Muradi Poetry in Libraries/Libraries in Poetry, sponsored by Massachusetts Center for the Book OnlineKirun Kapur • Amy Rhilinger • Jarita Davis • Rob Casper • Sean Thibodeau

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AAWW Presents: New Pacific Islander Poetry OnlineCraig Santos Perez • William Nuʻutupu Giles • Noʻu Revilla • Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng The Poet and the Line OnlineFreesia McKee

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State of Poetry Panel OnlineCristela Guerra • Tyehimba Jess • Martín Espada • Jen Benka • Jonathan Galassi

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Massachusetts CavanKerry Poets OnlineKevin Carey • Cindy Veach • Rebecca Hart Olander • Kali Lightfoot Poetry & Ice Cream Online Voices Amidst the Virus: Poets Respond to the Pandemic OnlineSteven Cramer • Eileen Cleary • Christine Jones • Kyle Potvin Crossing Dimensions with Indigenous Poets OnlineMargaret Noodin • Kimberly Blaeser • LeAnne Howe • Gordon Henry

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Headline Reading with Porsha Olayiwola, Tyehimba Jess, and Naomi Shihab Nye, sponsored by The Grolier Poetry Book Shop OnlinePorsha Olayiwola • Tyehimba Jess • Naomi Shihab Nye

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Between the Notes, Music and Poetry with Kaia Kater and Sadie Dupuis OnlineSadie Dupuis • Kaia Kater

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All Day Event - Improbable Places Audio Tour OnlineJ.D. Scrimgeour • Kevin Carey • Dawn Paul • Eileen Cleary • January Gill O'Neil • Catherine Fahey • Hugo Pellinen • R.G. Evans • Shari Caplan • Ariella Ruth • Susanna Baird • Colleen Michaels All Day Event - Salem Poem Walk Online All Day Event - Small Press Fair Online

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Moving Words OnlineCindy Veach • Catherine Fahey • Kathleen Aguero • Angelina Benitez • Jackie Bowden • Jake Crawford • Danielle Legros Georges • Gregory Glenn • Lis Weiss Horowitz • Rebecca Lang • Lindsey McGovern • Meghan McLyman • Betsy Miller • Laura Smith

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Rivers of Addiction: Poetry of Witness to the Opiate Epidemic OnlineMiriam Greenspan • Julia Paul • Sheryl St. Germain Constraint in Contemporary English and Spanish Experimental Poetry OnlinePedro Poitevin • Anthony Etherin • Merlina Acevedo Chaotic? Good!: Harnessing the Power of the Happy Accident in Your Poetry OnlineMaria Pinto • Emily Franklin • Walter Smelt • Maya Demissie

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11 Years of SPINE: A Celebration OnlineLivia Meneghin • Rebecca Rubin • Kate Kobosko Every Place Has Its Story: Writing About Region OnlineRobin Smith-Johnson • Alice Kociemba • Rich Youmans • Mark Doty The Empire Writes Back OnlineSam Cha • Krysten Hill • Carissa Halston • George Abraham BLBC Presents: We Are Our Own Gods OnlineTeri Ellen Cross Davis • Katy Richey • Saida Agostini

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Headline Reading with Ariana Reines and Patricia Spears Jones, sponsored by The Shipman Agency OnlineAriana Reines • Patricia Spears Jones • Jennifer Martelli

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Drawing Inspiration from the Everyday: A Reading OnlineSandra Beasley • Khadijah Queen • Aricka Foreman • Kate Durbin Voices Carry: A Reading with Voices from Inside OnlineJudy Holmes • Amie Hyson • Jaqueline Velez • Daisy Diaz Poetry & Pets, sponsored by the MSPCA OnlineMSPCA • Jamei Bauer • Shyre Lancia Yes, We Are in the Room: A Panel of Abilities OnlineSylvia Chan • Leslie McIntosh • Camisha L. Jones • Jim Ferris • Stephen Kuusisto LiberArte: Poetry and Music of Liberation OnlineMark Ludwig • Richard Hoffman • David Post • Fanny Howe • Bosba Panh

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Headline Reading with Jos Charles and Martín Espada, sponsored by The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival OnlineJos Charles • Martín Espada • Gabriel McCreath