Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival in New Hampshire

Next weekend brings the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival to the University of New Hampshire in Durham, including a full schedule of readings, performances, an outdoor poetry carnival, workshops, and a small press fair. The festival opens on Friday with a reading from New Hampshire Teen Poetry Prize winners including Leonardo Chung, Pearl Hoekstra-Toste, and Pranavi Vedula, followed by headliners Diannely Antigua, Mckendy Fils-Aime, and Nathan McClain. On Saturday, among many other events, Heather Treseler (see item above) and Anthony Walton will discuss revision; Jennifer Martelli and Jennifer Jean will talk about publishing your poems; Oliver de la Paz, Marcus Wicker, Jennifer Militello, and Tim Liardet ponder How We Can Hope; Kali Lightfoot and Dawn Paul will offer perspectives on wilderness and writing the local; Mary Buchinger, Frances Donovan, and Jennifer Badot will host a generative workshop on dreaming your way into a poem; Allison Adair, Ben Berman, and de la Paz will showcase and discuss on-the-spot poetry; Jill McDonough will read; Bianca Stone will offer a master class; Daniel Brock Johnson and Ebele Okpokwasili-Johnson’s multimedia performance honors slain journalist James Foley. Adobo-Fish-Sauce fuses cooking and spoken word poetry. This year’s winner of the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize, Kweku Abimbola, will read with Camille Dungy, Alexandria Peary, and Kevin McClellan. Sunday closes out with a reading with Dan Harrison, Caleb Jagoda, Julia Roch, Virginia Schoff, Stone, and Myles Taylor. The festival is free and runs April 12-14. For more information and a complete schedule, visit unhpoetry.com.