Perugia Press will be at the Book Fair
Saturday, May 2, 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM
Pedestrian Mall between the Peabody Essex Museum
and the Salem Museum Place Mall
(If rain: Old Town Hall at 32 Derby Square)
From Zero to One:
First Books and What We Wish We’d Known
Panel discussion moderated by Karen Skolfield
with Amy Dryansky, Susan Kan, Sarah Sousa, and Michelle Valois
Saturday, May 2 at 12:15 PM
Hawthorne Hotel Library (new location)
From left to right: Karen Skolfield, Amy Dryansky, Susan Kan, Sarah Sousa, and Michelle Valois
This event is of special interest to
writers submitting a
manuscript or about to publish a first book. We
discuss the happy but
often bewildering aftermath of acceptance: book
design, publicity, the
vulnerability of being newly published,
postpublication contests, second
and beyond books, and the importance
of continuing to write after a
manuscript has been assembled or even
published. We also talk about
prepublication editing, researching
presses, and contests, realistic
publishing expectations, and dealing
with a difficult publisher.
Although the panel focuses on life after an
acceptance, we also address the business side of preparing a
manuscript.
Panelists include a publisher/editor, poets, and a prose
writer in
various stages of their careers. Discussion is
audience-driven—bring
your questions!
*Please note: Even though this event is marked "full" on the festival website, no one checks names at the door, and all events are first-come, first-served.
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Perugia Press Poets at the MA Poetry Festival
Frannie Lindsay
Sunday, May 3
10:15 AM
“Grief & Poetry: Crafting Loss”
Old Town Hall, 1st Floor
1:00 PM
“From Sappho to Sapphire: Woman Poets on the Sphere of Woman Poets”
Peabody Essex Museum, Bartlett Gallery
Melanie Braverman
“Teaching as Witness and Transmission: How Poetry Can Be Taught”
Salem Five Community Room
Gail Thomas
Saturday, May 2
9:30 AM
“Unvarnished: Telling the Truth about Aging”
Hawthorne Hotel Library
2:00 pm
“Queer as Family: The F Word”
Hawthorne Hotel, Essex Room
