poetryThe Massachusetts Poetry Festival Spotlights Poetry As ActivismThis weekend's festival features events, such as "Working Class Poetry" and "Writing For Social Change and to Bear Witness," that draw attention to social issues.Local CoverageApr 29, 2016Boston Poetry Marathon Kicks Off FridayAbout 100 poets will read their work in eight-minute increments during the event, which will take place through Sunday at Outpost 186 in Cambridge.ResumeLocal Coverage05:21Aug 14, 2015The Boston Poetry Marathon: 3 Days, 17 Hours, 100 ReadersAbout 100 local and out-of-town poets will squish into the tiny gallery space Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 to 16, to read some of their original work.Local CoverageAug 13, 2015House Slam Is Boston's First Slam Poetry Team To Head To National CompetitionA year after its founding, House Slam, which is housed at the Haley House Bakery Café in Dudley Square, is sending a team of five poets to compete at the...Local CoverageJun 29, 2015'Spoon River' Takes The Stage At The Poets' TheatrePart centennial celebration, part something much grander, The Poets’ Theatre will be presenting a staged reading of "Spoon River Anthology" June 26-27. Local CoverageJun 24, 2015AdvertisementLesley Professor Danielle Legros Georges Is Boston's New Poet LaureateDanielle Legros Georges, a professor at Lesley University, has been named Boston's new poet laureate.Local CoverageDec 15, 2014A Poetry Reading And Tribute To The Late, Unforgettable Bill KnottOn Dec. 1, the Blacksmith House will have a celebratory poetry reading for the late poet Bill Knott, whose renowned poetry readings complemented the plethora of poems he wrote. Local CoverageNov 28, 2014Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop: The Lyric Stage Puts Poetry In Motion For 'Dear Elizabeth'The Lyric Stage Company of Boston brings the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to life in "Dear Elizabeth." Carolyn Clay reviews.Local CoverageOct 21, 2014The Big Unveiling: Edgar Allan Poe Set To Emerge 'From A Coffin' Near Boston CommonIt's been a long journey, but a statue honoring seminal horror writer Edgar Allan Poe's roots in Boston will be unveiled Sunday near Boston Common. Local CoverageOct 4, 2014Robert Pinsky And Vijay Iyer Get In Rhythm TogetherJazz artist Vijay Iyer and poet Robert Pinsky combine for POEMJAZZ at Sanders Theatre Friday night.Local CoverageMar 12, 2014
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival Spotlights Poetry As ActivismThis weekend's festival features events, such as "Working Class Poetry" and "Writing For Social Change and to Bear Witness," that draw attention to social issues.Local CoverageApr 29, 2016
Boston Poetry Marathon Kicks Off FridayAbout 100 poets will read their work in eight-minute increments during the event, which will take place through Sunday at Outpost 186 in Cambridge.ResumeLocal Coverage05:21Aug 14, 2015
The Boston Poetry Marathon: 3 Days, 17 Hours, 100 ReadersAbout 100 local and out-of-town poets will squish into the tiny gallery space Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 14 to 16, to read some of their original work.Local CoverageAug 13, 2015
House Slam Is Boston's First Slam Poetry Team To Head To National CompetitionA year after its founding, House Slam, which is housed at the Haley House Bakery Café in Dudley Square, is sending a team of five poets to compete at the...Local CoverageJun 29, 2015
'Spoon River' Takes The Stage At The Poets' TheatrePart centennial celebration, part something much grander, The Poets’ Theatre will be presenting a staged reading of "Spoon River Anthology" June 26-27. Local CoverageJun 24, 2015
Lesley Professor Danielle Legros Georges Is Boston's New Poet LaureateDanielle Legros Georges, a professor at Lesley University, has been named Boston's new poet laureate.Local CoverageDec 15, 2014
A Poetry Reading And Tribute To The Late, Unforgettable Bill KnottOn Dec. 1, the Blacksmith House will have a celebratory poetry reading for the late poet Bill Knott, whose renowned poetry readings complemented the plethora of poems he wrote. Local CoverageNov 28, 2014
Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop: The Lyric Stage Puts Poetry In Motion For 'Dear Elizabeth'The Lyric Stage Company of Boston brings the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to life in "Dear Elizabeth." Carolyn Clay reviews.Local CoverageOct 21, 2014
The Big Unveiling: Edgar Allan Poe Set To Emerge 'From A Coffin' Near Boston CommonIt's been a long journey, but a statue honoring seminal horror writer Edgar Allan Poe's roots in Boston will be unveiled Sunday near Boston Common. Local CoverageOct 4, 2014
Robert Pinsky And Vijay Iyer Get In Rhythm TogetherJazz artist Vijay Iyer and poet Robert Pinsky combine for POEMJAZZ at Sanders Theatre Friday night.Local CoverageMar 12, 2014