Lit Crawl Boston 2021
drop-in
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Poetry+Science: Session 1
To kick off your evening at Lit Crawl, swing by Popportunity at Starlight Square for pop-up readings and performances by poets Danielle Legros Georges, Miriam Manglani, and Suparnamaaya Prasad as part of Poetry of Science, a collaboration between Cambridge-affiliated poets and local scientists of color to create a poem about their inspiration as scientists and their field of study. This project is supported by the Cambridge Arts Council.
FREE; no registration required
Poems to Go
Get your quick poetry fix! Mass Poetry presents the Traveling Poetry Emporium: poets Cassandra de Alba and Julia Story will offer poems-to-order on your subject, composed right before your eyes. Visitors to this booth can name any topic—large or small, real or imagined, object-specific or broadly thematic. One of the Emporium's poets will compose an original poem on your topic within five minutes, typed on a manual Hermes typewriter. The poet will read the poem aloud before handing you the only existing copy of the poem, which is yours to keep. Come with five minutes and leave with a one-of-a-kind made-to-order poem!
FREE; no registration required
Poetry+Science: Session 2
In between phases, swing by Popportunity at Starlight Square for pop-up readings and performances by poets Sophie Laurence and Luisa Apolaya Torres as part of Poetry of Science, a collaboration between Cambridge-affiliated poets and local scientists of color to create a poem about their inspiration as scientists and their field of study. This project is supported by the Cambridge Arts Council.
FREE; no registration required
Brave New Whirl: COVEN Literary Trivia Wheel
Enjoy some simple fun with COVEN for Good! Spin the wheel, answer a literary-themed trivia question, and win a prize for a correct answer! And who knows, maybe you'll be lucky enough for the wheel to offer you a free prize! Prizes will vary from literary-themed buttons and postcards to quote prints from some of COVEN’s past trivia events. And while you're there, you'll have a chance to vote on what their next trivia theme will be. Follow @covenforgood on any social media, and you'll get an extra spin!
FREE; no registration required
Poetry+Science: Session 3
In between phases, swing by Popportunity at Starlight Square for pop-up readings and performances by poets Charles Coe and Rachel Wahlert as part of Poetry of Science, a collaboration between Cambridge-affiliated poets and local scientists of color to create a poem about their inspiration as scientists and their field of study. This project is supported by the Cambridge Arts Council.
FREE; no registration required