The Massachusetts Poetry Festival – a biennial celebration that showcases an all-star roster of poets from across the Commonwealth and beyond- returns to Salem, MA on May 5-7, 2023. Following a virtual festival in 2021, this year’s literary fete marks the first in-person Festival since 2018.
Hosted by Mass Poetry, this year’s Festival will feature headline poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Mahogany L. Browne, Franny Choi, Katie Farris, Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, Matthew Olzmann, January Gill O’Neil, Mosab Abu Toha, and more. The Festival will offer poetry readings, workshops, panels, multi-genre performances, and a special performance by the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
From May 5-7th, this year’s in-person Festival will feature more than 75 events and 150 poets. The Festival will stake place at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) and a host of other Salem venues in partnership with Salem State University, the City of Salem, and other key partners.
