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Hello, I'm a student at Bridgewater State University and I'm majoring in English, Literature. I'm very excited to attend this event, I'm in the process of becoming a poet improving myself day by day.

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

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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

12:30pm EDT

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

1:45pm EDT

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

3:00pm EDT

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

4:15pm EDT

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 If I Were a Bird: Writing Poetry for Children, Sponsored by The Boston Book Festival OnlineJoyce Sidman Pulling It All Together: From Poems to Publishable Book OnlineLynne Viti • Heather Bryant

5:30pm EDT

Youth Poet Laureate Legacy Event OnlineCrystal Valentine • Meera Dasgupta • Alondra Bobadilla • Alexandra Huynh Art in Plain Sight: Writing in Response to Massachusetts Murals OnlineMaría Luisa Arroyo

8:30pm EDT

College Slam OnlineHannah Parker • Legacy Thornton • Justice Ameer

9:00am EDT

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

10:15am EDT

Ecopoetry: Words in Balance OnlineFred Marchant • Deborah Leipziger • Jennifer Barber • Myronn Hardy Veteran Poets Reading Veteran Poets OnlineKaren Skolfield • Terry Farish • Jimmy Pappas • Rodger Martin

11:30am EDT

"Called Back": A Virtual Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk OnlineElizabeth Bolton • Lori Desrosiers • Hannah Baker Saltmarsh • Kate Godin • Bonnie Larson Staiger • Robin Long • Siri Palreddy • Peter Schmitt • Don Skoog • Rebecca Starks

2:15pm EDT

Voices in (Self-)Translation OnlineMaría Luisa Arroyo • María José Giménez • Jean-Dany Joachim • Rhina Espaillat

3:30pm EDT

The Poet and the Line OnlineFreesia McKee

4:45pm EDT

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

6:00pm EDT

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

8:30pm EDT

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