The Salem Poetry Seminar

(I should have posted this yesterday. Monday's reading was terrific, so I hope you can come out to support this week's events!)

Sponsored by Salem State College, The Salem Poetry Seminar honors 12 student poets from public colleges and universities in Massachusetts by bringing them to Salem for a week, housing and feeding them, and giving them the opportunity to take classes in poetry writing. They also will share a little of their work at public readings. The readings will feature one faculty poet and have brief readings by some of the student poets.

The reading schedule:

Monday, June 16
Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem
7:30: Evening reading featuring J.D. Scrimgeour and musician/composer Phil Swanson performing a blend of poetry and music and student poets, including SSC student Danielle Van Ness

Tuesday June, 17
Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem
7:30: Evening Reading featuring Jean Monahan, Poetry Seminar Alumnus Enzo Surin, and student poets, including SSC students Caitlin Cronk and Kayleigh Merritt

Wednesday, June 18
7:30: Open Mic Reading at Gulu-Gulu Café in Salem featuring Salem Poetry Seminar Alumni (including SSC alum and students) Brandon Ward, Priscilla Herrington, Beth Rheume, Jeremy Lakasczyck, and others.
Bring a poem or two and be part of the event.

Thursday, June 19
Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem 7:30: Evening Reading featuring Martha Collins and student poets including SSC student James Connatser.