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Poems for Political Disaster- Readings at The Cambridge Public Library

An Evening of Inspired Leaders: A Favorite Poem Reading With Mass Poetry

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Caring for Red: A Daughter’s Memoir

TIMOTHY GAGER’s Dire Literary Reading Series

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Considering Matthew Shepard: A Boston Day of Reflection

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Pulitzer Prize Winner MEGAN MARSHALL on ELIZABETH BISHOP

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JOHN DANIELLE (Wolf in the White Van) reads from his latest at Harvard Book Store

The Writers’ Room of Boston Open House & Fellowship Celebration

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GrubStreet Happy Hour

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A Night of Poetry at Harvard Book Store

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Award-Winning Poet, CARL PHILLIPS

Translating Cuban Poetry: Reading & Collaborative Workshop

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GEORGE SAUNDERS at Harvard Book Store

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TRACY K. SMITH Reading at Emerson

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Cambridge Forum with On Being’s KRISTA TIPPETT

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Dire Literary Series with ELIZABETH SEARLE, VI KHI NAO, and ADAM SCHEFFLER

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The Boston Abolitionists: Actors from the Poets Theatre

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