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La Guagua Poetry Festival Schedule of Events
Friday, May 5 & Saturday May 6, 2023
MCC's Academic Arts Center
240 Central St, Lowell, MA 01852
Free and open to the public, including lunch on Saturday
Friday, May 5 • 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 6 • 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Find the oficial program of the festival HERE
This year's visiting poets include:
- Vijay Seshadri
- Rhina P. Espaillat
- Ruth Vanita
- Marc Vincenz
- Philip Nikolayev
- Katia Kapovich
- Vivek Narayanan
- Ben Mazer
- Doug Holder
- Fadir Delgado
- Christina Liu
- Amel Bachiri
- Eva Salzman
- Salvador Madrid
- Carlos Villalobo
- Raquel López Suárez
- Yousif ALhabob
- Azad Iskander
- Jose Edmundo Ocampo Reyes
- Michèle Voltaire Marcelin
- Claudio Sanchez
- Ariadna Muñoz
- Cayleigh Baillargeon
- Lexi Balevre
- Ramon de Jesús Duval
Languages include: Arabic, English, French, Filipino, German, Hindi, Haitian Creole, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Urdu, and Sanskrit.