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At “Flow Chart Cabaret Cinema,” hosted by Hudson Hall on July 30, poet-performers revive the art of neo-benshi.

Mass Poetry announces the 2021 Massachusetts Poetry Festival COURTESY OF MASS POETRY Mass Poetry announced the 2021 Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held from May 13 to 16 with some preview events earlier in May. Readings, performances and workshops will take place virtually at https://festival.masspoetry.org with select, limited exhibitions occurring in person in Salem. The event is open to the public, with tickets available by suggested donation and free to students. The 2021 festival, now a biennial event, showcases a roster of poets from across the commonwealth and the country. More ...

Subscribe The Massachusetts Poetry Festival returns to Salem (and virtually) May 13-16, 2021! This year's festival marks its return to Salem since its 10-year anniversary event in 2018, and following next month's events the festival will return biennially. This year, a limited number of in-person events are taking place in Salem, with most events being available virtually. Events are open to the public and virtual events are viewable by suggested donation (or free to students) at festival.masspoetry.org. Subscribe In addition to the more than 100 poets featured across the festival's 50+ event...

they know me. How I hate my body, how it's been abandoning me. How I look up to the light to not see mirrored back the emptying cup of my jaw, —from "To a Wild Place," Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote. When I was a senior in high school I was a bit of a mess—getting into all sorts of things I shouldn’t have, not showing up, and was very close to getting kicked out. I was just beginning to read contemporary poetry and listening to spoken word, and there was a teacher that let me do a final project in English class that was, essentially, a g...