Lit Crawl Boston 2021
free
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.
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Mystery Making
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In this fun, fast-paced improv game sponsored by Mystery Writers of America–New England, mystery authors Kate Flora, Tilia Klebenov Jacobs, Dale Phillips, Clea Simon, Sarah Smith, Leslie Wheeler, and Carolyn Marie Wilkins will construct a brand new mystery using suggestions from the audience. This session will be introduced by Robin Young, host of Here & Now on 90.9 WBUR.
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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!
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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
Bloomsday with The Here Comes Everybody Players
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Starlight Square (Mainstage), 84 Bishop Allen Drive
The Here Comes Everybody Players is a Boston-based theater group primarily involved in interpreting the works of James Joyce for stage and street. Get ready for Bloomsday on June 16 with the Here Comes Everybody Players’ unique take on Ulysses and other Joyce favorites! This session will be introduced by Robin Young, host of Here & Now on 90.9 WBUR.
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Conversations with Art: Ekphrastic Writing in Graffiti Alley
Art urges us to look more closely at the world around us, and at ourselves. In Central Square’s Graffiti Alley, there’s an ever changing gallery of portraits and messages from local artists. In this generative writing workshop with poets Alexis Ivy and Heather Nelson, participants will choose an image to have a “conversation” with. Each writer will be given prompts and questions in order to interact with their image. After having this dialogue with art, writers can pick eight of their favorite lines and arrange them into a working draft of an ekphrastic poem, to share with each other and the community.
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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!
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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
Silence, Madness, Secrets, and Apologies: A Night with Tell-All
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Tell-All Boston, Boston’s only live-on-stage literary reading series dedicated to the craft of memoir and personal essay, presents an irreverent reading from four debut authors—Michelle Bowdler, Molly Howes, E. Dolores Johnson, and Sebastian Stuart—emceed by actress and memoirist Alicia Googins. This session will be introduced by Robin Young, host of Here & Now on 90.9 WBUR.
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