Join her for a celebration of April, as National Poetry Month
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EXPERIENCE “THRESH & HOLD” AT BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
A multimedia experience centered around a new book of poetry
BOSTON NAMES NEW YOUTH POET LAUREATE
Anjalequa Leynneyah Verona Birkett, from the John D. O’Bryant School of Math & Science, is Boston’s second
40 ACRES & A SLAM: BLACK HISTORY MONTH EDITION
"An evening of rhythm, rhymes, and reparations"
ZEITGEIST PRESS RELEASING WORK BY LATE BOSTON POET MELINDA KWESKIN
Virtual event this weekend.
OPINION: GORMAN’S INAUGURATION POEM STILL HAS BLACK WOMEN TALKING
Still, it’s hard for many to believe that America can change.
LIFE OF THE PARTY
Slam feminism with a true-crime twist in latest from poet Olivia Gatwood
Back in the fall of 2013, before Trump and #MeToo, I first encountered Olivia Gatwood’s poetry at a Lower East Side poetry slam, which she won. To someone with a newly minted degree in English from a small liberal arts school isolated from a flourishing ...
ALLSTON LIVING ROOM READ: WHERE QUEER STORIES AND MORE TAKE THE FLOOR
“I think it is very powerful, but also complicated. Queerness is like this big abstract concept and how do you put a border around that? And more importantly, should you?”
‘I DO POETRY ALL THE TIME’
AN EXCERPT FROM WRITERS RESIST 2018
“Their writing enriches our communities, and their voices represent the breadth of our city. Above all, their work sharpens our resolve to protect our right to an inclusive and free press.”