This Friday through Sunday, over 80 poets will participate in a weekend-long poetry reading in Boston. Each poet has eight minutes of reading time. The participants range from the up-and-coming to the well established. Such an ambitious and impressive event promises to send thousands of words into the heads of thousands of poetry enthusiasts.
This is one of those events that makes having a private plane seem like an imperative life holding. Strictly for purposes of attending far-off readings, of course…
But if you’re in the area, definitely stop by, for eight minutes or eighty, and enjoy some of Boston’s best poetry voices.
Dark Sky Books author Ben Mazer is scheduled to read on Sunday afternoon. And next week’s featured poet, Elisa Gabbert, takes the stage Friday night.
Check out the rest of the line-up after the jump. And visit the Boston Poet Tea Party for venue information and contacts.
Friday 7/30
7:00 Joe Torra
7:08 Jack Kimball
7:16 Minal Shekhawat
7:24 January O’Neil
7:32 Geoffrey Olsen
7:40 Kari Adelaide
7:48 Elisa Gabbert
break
8:04 Thom Donovan
8:12 Joan Houlihan
8:20 John Cotter
8:28 Dorothea Lasky
8:36 Tanya Larkin
8:44 Jibade-Khalil Huffman
8:52 David Rivard
break
9:08 Greg Fuchs
9:16 Pierre Joris
9:24 Buck Downs
9:32 Eileen Myles
9:40 Martha Oatis
9:48 Lori Lubeski
9:56 Nicole Peyrafitte
Saturday 7/31
12:00 Lauren Russell
12:08 Suzanne Mercury
12:16 Bridget Madden
12:24 Seth Abramson
12:32 Steve Roberts
12:40 Cate Peebles
break
12:56 Nathaniel Siegel
1:04 Nathaniel Otting
1:12 Dana Ward
1:20 Doug Holder
1:28 Mark Lamoureux
1:36 Debrah Morkun
break
1:52 Chris Rizzo
2:00 Ellen Kennedy
2:08 Kate Colby
2:16 Douglas Manson
2:24 Valerie Duff
2:32 Kimberly Ann Southwick
break
2:48 Mike County
2:56 Andrew Hughes
3:04 Amanda Cook
3:12 Lauren Ireland
3:20 Joel Sloman
3:28 James Cook
break
3:44 Filip Marinovich
3:56 Alan Semerdijian
4:04 Urayoan Noel
4:12 Jim Dunn
4:28 Kythe Heller
4:36 Lynn Behrendt
break
4:52 Derek Fenner
5:00 Joe Elliot
5:08 Boni Joi
5:16 Amanda Nadelberg
5:24 Brenda Iijima
5:32 Chad Parenteau
7:00 Jess Mynes
7:08 Elizabeth Willis
7:16 Mitch Highfill
7:24 Peter Gizzi
7:32 Jacqueline Waters
7:40 Fanny Howe
7:48
break
8:04 Chris Martin
8:12 Jon Woodward
8:20 Rebecca Wolff
8:28 Brendan Lorber
8:36 Gillian McCain
8:44 Oni Buchanan
8:52 Geof Huth
break
9:08 Dustin Williamson
9:16 Macgregor Card
9:24 Elizabeth Marie Young
9:32 Kish Song Bear
9:40 Aaron Kiely
9:48 Carlos Soto Roman
9:56 Douglas N. Rothschild
Sunday 8/1
12:08 N. F. Huth
12:16 Jessica Bozek
12:24 Fred Marchant
12:32 Angela Veronica Wong
12:40 Ruth Lepson
break
12:56 John Mulrooney
1:04 David Kirschenbaum
1:12 John Coletti
1:20 Gerrit Lansing
1:28 Aaron Tieger
1:36 Anna Moschovakis
break
1:52 Michael Carr
2:00 Ben Mazer
2:08 Ottessa Moshfegh
2:16 Ana Božičević
2:24 Elizabeth Reddin
2:32 Mairead Byrne
break
2:48 Kate Schapira
2:56 Amy King
3:04 Amy De’Ath
3:12 Janaka Stucky
3:20 Gillian Devereux
3:26 Cheryl Clark Vermeulen
break
3:42 Mike Roberts
3:50 Sarah Heller
3:58 Andi Pinto
4:06 Chris Jackson
4:14 Dena Barisano
4:20 Molly Saccardo
break
4:36 Gilmore Tamny
4:44 Jim Behrle
