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WELCOME TO THE 2009 MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL
To all the friends of poetry:
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Massachuses Poetry Festival – andwelcome to historic Lowell, a hot spot of the “creative economy” inthe Commonwealth. You are part of the “great audience” for poetrythat Whitman imagined so many years ago. In one year, the Festivalhas made an enormous developmental leap. Writers from Boston tothe Berkshires ignited literary res to start the Festival on the Thurs
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day of this long weekend of poetry. In this program book you will seethe packed schedule for Friday and Saturday in Lowell, as well theSunday activities at the Children’s Museum and Harvard University.Our theme this year is “Poetry in Hard Times.” Let’s hope thepower of poetry can take us beyond the “hard times” for four days.We are intent on having a good time together and carrying that spirit
forward.
While you are in Lowell, please explore the city when you move between events. You can sample food from around the world indowntown restaurants, visit Whistler’s birthplace, see extraordinarycommemorative sculptures for Jack Kerouac and Lucy Larcom, wit
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ness labor history at our National Park, enjoy award-winning, pre
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served 19th-century architecture, and more.On behalf of the organizers, thank you to everyone who con
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tributed talent, time, and money to make this Festival possible. We
need your help to continue, so please donate what you can at the
various events or online later at www.masspoetry.org. To the morethan 50 Poetry Partners, we oer a special thanks for helping us get tothe roots of poetry around the state. And also a special thanks to themany volunteers who help plan and produce this complex Festival.Our goal is to li the poets and poetry of Massachuses to ahigher level. We want this good work to be seen and recognized morewidely. Massachuses has a special place in the literary history of thenation and world. Today, you are part of history as it happens. Thankyou for making the 2009 Massachuses Poetry Festival a memorable
success.
Sincerely,Paul Marion, on behalf of the MPF Executive Commiee
Michael Casey Anne Waldman Jessica Smith
Robert PinskyAfaa Michael WeaverLouise Glück
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Poetry Partners
Bagel BardsBlacksmith House Poetry SeriesBoostrap PressBoston Book FestivalCape Cod Writers Center Cave CanemChelmsford Public Library Concord Poetry Center Courage & Renewal NortheastCultural Organization of LowellEchoDittoEmerson College Department of WritingFavorite Poem ProjectFireside Reading SeriesFord Hall ForumFrost FoundationGrolier BookstoreGrub Street, Inc.Hellenic Culture Society Ibbetson St. PressIsland Poets, Martha’s VineyardJeff Robinson Trio/Lizard Lounge Poetry JamLesley University MFA Program in Creative WritingLowell Celebrates Kerouac!Lowell Poetry Network Massachusetts Center for the Book Moses Greeley Parker LecturesNew England Poetry ClubPEN New EnglandPine Manor MFA ProgramPoemWorksPoetribePollard Memorial Library Powow River PoetsRobert Creeley FoundationRobert Frost FoundationSalem State College English DepartmentSmith Poetry Center, Smith CollegeSuffolk Poetry Center Tapestry of VoicesThe Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the ArtsTheodore Edson Parker FoundationTsongas Industrial History Center University of Massachusetts Boston, MFA ProgramUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell Wild Apples Woodbury Poetry Room, Harvard Worcester County Poetry AssociationZephyr Press119 Gallery
THE 2009MASSACHUSETTSPOETRY FESTIVALTHANKS THEFOLLOWINGSPONSORS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ANDSUPPORT
City of LowellCultural Organization of LowellEchoDittoEnterprise BankFeeley & Driscoll, P.C. Charitable Gift FundGreater Cincinnati FoundationGreater Lowell Community FoundationGreater Merrimack Valley Convention andVisitors Bureau Jim and Karen AnsaraLoom PressLowell FiveMass HumanitiesLowell National Historical ParkLowell Plan, Inc.Lowell Poetry NetworkMassachusetts Poetry Outreach ProjectMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMiddlesex Community CollegeMoses Greeley Parker LecturesNorman and Amy GorinPatrick J. Mogan Cultural CenterPollard Memorial LibrarySunflower FoundationTheodore Edson Parker FoundationThe PhoenixUniversity of Massachusetts LowellThanks also goes to LOWELL TELECOM-MUNICATIONS CORPORATION (LTC)for their technical assistance and support.
MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL EXECUTIVEPLANNING COMMITTEE AND STAFF
Robert Pinsky, Honorary ChairMichael Ansara, Planning and Fundraising Charles Coe, Planning and Fundraising Suzzanne Cromwell, Project ManagementDerek Fenner, Planning and PublicationsRyan Gallagher, Planning and PublicationsChloe Garcia-Roberts, Outreach and Publicity Julia Gavin, Volunteer Coordinator Jacqueline Malone, High School Program CoordinatorPaul Marion, Planning and Fundraising LZ Nunn, Planning and Fundraising Nicco Mele, Website DevelopmentMadeleine Perry, Website ManagementDave Robinson, Planning and OutreachKathryn Wiese, Website Management Walter Wright, Planning and Outreach THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE!
designed by Malden HighSchool’s Blue and Gold staff
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Thank you tothe following2009MassachusettsPoetry FestivalSponsors andDonors
As of 8/25/2009
Epic Level: $5,000 +
Mass Humanities Theodore Edson Parker Foundation
Oratory Level: $2,500 +
James and Karen AnsaraCity of LowellCultural Organization of LowellGreater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors BureauUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
Prose Level: $1,000 +
Eastern Bank Enterprise Bank Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. Charitable FundNorman W. and Amy F. GorinGreater Cincinnati FoundationGreater Lowell Community FoundationMiddlesex Community College
Sunower Foundation
Narrator Level: $200 +
Gerald C. & Kate Chertavian Anna FinckeDennis R. and Carol A. Kanan
Laureate Level: $100 +
Susan G. CaseLouisa KasdonStephen B. and Elizabeth A. RosenEllen Meyer and Paul E. Shorb III Jonathan Lupfer and Susan Berseth
Bard Level: $50 +
Lillian Sober Ain, PhD Athenian Corner RestaurantRonald Howell and Emily Hill AxelrodDorothy D. Burlage, PhD Jarita A. Davis Anita A. DiamantSusan Y. FriedmanSandra E. and Lester P. Goldstein John M. & Consuelo A. Isaacson Adele PressmanPhillip R. Malone & Luciana L. Herman
Troubador Level: $25 +
Sara B. and Robert L. Dickman Andrew S. Krotinger and Linda G.Curtis
Other Donors
B. Minde Kornfeld
VISITING THE CITY OFLOWELL & FESTIVALINFORMATION4 MAP OF DOWNTOWNLOWELL6FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16THHigh School, Collegiatereadings & workshops.Café readings & Events @ the119 Gallery8 FRIDAY HEADLINE EVENTUrban Village Arts Series(UVAS) Mestre Calango,Michael Casey, Jessica Smith& Caleb Neelon9SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17THSmall Press Fair10Descriptions of Programmingfrom11:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.11-14LATE AFTERNOON EVENTS:Cave Canem Reading15 Kerouac, Panel Discussionand Film16 X.J. Kennedy & The LightBrigade17Reading of New Works byMA Authors17 SATURDAY HEADLINEEVENT featuring RobertPinsky, Louise Glück, AnneWaldman & Afaa Weaver18 - 19Poetry Slam20SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH22-23
This poem will appear in:
Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War—New and Selected Poems, 1986-2008
which Coffee House Press will publish this month,October, 2009.
Ed Sanders was a performer in 2008 at the festival
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