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Friday, May 5 • 1:15pm - 2:15pm
Poetry and the Public Sphere

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This panel will explore the tensions and possibilities for poets engaged in civic spheres / the questions of meaningful public engagement with poetry / poetry as public art / the recent popularity of poet laureate and similar positions in the US / and poetry in this time of threatened federal funding for the arts.
Moderators
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Danielle Georges

Professor, Lesley University
Danielle Legros Georges is the former Poet Laureate of Boston; a professor of creative writing at Lesley University; the creative editor of six salon, a digital forum for explorations of Caribbean literature; and a contributing editor to the literary magazines Salamander and Consequence... Read More →

Speakers
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Mary Buchinger

Mary Buchinger, author of Aerialist (Gold Wake, 2015; finalist for the May Swenson Poetry Award, semifinalist for The Journal /Wheeler and Perugia Press Prizes); einfühlung/in feeling (Main Street Rag, 2018); /klaʊdz/ (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2021); Virology (Lily Poetry Review... Read More →
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Friday May 5, 2017 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
Hawthorne Hotel Library Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Square W, Salem, MA 01970
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