The Mass Poetry Festival, now in it’s 10th year, returns to downtown Salem May 4th through 6th. As always, the festival is priced for the poet’s pocketbook at only $30 a ticket and features panels like “Fathers, Present and Absent: Encounters, Enigmas, and Elegies” and “What Big Words You Have: Using Fairytales in Your Poetry.”
Their Small Press and Literary Fair will take place on Saturday, May 5th from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., located along the Pedestrian Mall between Peabody Essex Museum and Museum Place Mall.