Spring 2023
Wed., 3/1, 2:00pm – MCC VWS presents Daniel Tobin
Lowell Campus – Academic Arts Bldg – Recital Hall*
(Event flier, Daniel Tobin’s website) *Event Video!*
Wed, 3/15, 2:00pm – Open Poetry & Fiction Reading & Contest
Lowell Campus – Federal Building Assembly Room
(Event flier) *Event Video!*
Tue., 3/21 – World Poetry Day Festival – 24 hour Virtual
International, Multilingual Poetry Marathon (featuring MCC
students Lexi Perry, Ariadna Muñoz, & Cayleigh Baillargeon)
(Event info & Links to Recordings!)
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Thu., 4/13, 12:30pm – MCC VWS presents Martha Collins
Bedford Campus – Campus Center Building’s Cafe East
(Event flier, Martha Collins’ website )
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Call for Submissions for Dead River Review! MCC’s Literary Magazine wants your Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Digital images of Original Artwork, Reviews, or Short Films for Issue #8 / Spring 2023! Deadline April 14th!
( Call for Submissions; Dead River Review – MCC’s literary magazine;
Submission Guidelines)
Wed, 4/19, 6:00pm – MCC Night at the Untitled Open Mic
Coffee & Cotton Cafe, 250 Jackson St. – 4th floor, Lowell
(Event flier, Untitled Open Mic website) *Event video!*
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Thu., 5/4, 12:30pm – Open Poetry & Fiction Reading
Bedford Campus – Campus Center Building’s Cafe East
(Event flier) *Event video!*
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Thu., 5/4, 2:00pm – Dead River Review Release Party & Reading
Bedford Campus – Cafe East
(Event flier #1 & Event flier #2 with more info; Dead River Review – MCC’s literary magazine) *Event video!*
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Fri., 5/5, & Sat., 5/6 – La Guagua Poetry Festival
Lowell Campus – Academic Arts Building
(Event flier. Event Program with detailed schedule. IDS Course Credit Option for MCC Students! Free & Open to the Public!) (*Event Videos!*)
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ARCHIVE OF MCC VISITING WRITERS SERIES, OPEN READINGS, DRR EVENTS, LA GUAGUA FESTIVALS, & OTHER READINGS & EVENTS
(including links to many event recordings!):
MCC VISITING WRITERS SERIES – ARCHIVE:
Fall 2022:
Danielle Legros Georges – 10/19/22
…(*Event Video!* Danielle Legros Georges’ website )
Tom Laughlin – 12/1/22
…(*Event Video!* Tom Laughlin’s website )
Spring 2022:
Sandra Lim — 3 / 2 / 22
…(Sandra Lim’s website)
Fall 2021:
DeMisty D. Bellinger — 10 / 20 / 21
…(*Event video!* DeMisty D. Bellinger’s website )
Matthew Zanoni Müller — 12 / 2 / 21
…(*Event video* ! Matthew Zanoni Müller’s website )
Spring 2021:
MCC Alumni — Emily Grochowski, Deenah Jacques, Boyd Mason, Charles Paolilli, Willy Ramirez, & Dana Shahar Meyer – 4 / 22 / 21
…(*Video of the live streamed event!*)
Kevin Carey — 3 / 3 / 21
…(*Video of the live streamed event!* Links to work by Kevin Carey & Kevin Carey’s website)
Fall 2020:
MCC Alumni – John Sibley Williams, Katie Durant, & Rob Mendonsa – 12 / 1 / 20.
…(*Video of the live streamed event!* JSW’s website, KD’s website, RM in DRR)
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (live streamed event) – 10 / 7 / 20.
…(*Video of the live streamed event!* L-Y Bertram’s website, PoetryFoundation poems)
Spring 2020
Febo – 4 / 27 / 20
…(*Video of the live streamed event!* Febo’s poetry reading videos, interviews, articles)
Fall 2019
Maggie Dietz – 11 / 7 / 19
…(poems on PoetryFoundation; poems from That Kind of Happy in journal 236)
Jennifer De Leon – 10 / 23 / 19.
…(*Video clip from Q & A Period!* Links to work & Jennifer De Leon’s website).
Emily Yoon (ASDP-MCC) – 10 / 21 /19 .
…(Emily Yoon’s website ; poems on Poetry Foundation )
MCC Poetry Reading & Contest—part of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival -10/10/19
…(*Video of 2nd Round!*; LCK / MCC Contest 2019 Winners! ; LCK_Fest Schedule)
Spring 2019
January Gill O’Neil – 2 / 25 / 19 .
…(poems on Academy of American Poets website ; January Gill O’Neil’s Poet Mom site)
Fall 2018
Richard Hoffman – 10 / 24 / 18 .
…(poems on Poetry Foundation; Richard Hoffman’s website )
AmyBass – 10 / 4 / 18 .
…(Amy Bass’ website)
Spring 2018
J.D._Scrimgeour – 4 / 2 / 18 .
…(J.D. Scrimgeour’s website )
Fall 2017
Kevin McIlvoy – 11 / 15 / 17 .
…(some stories by Kevin McIlvoy )
Jill_McDonough – 10 / 18 / 17 .
… (poems on Poetry Foundation; Jill McDonough’s website) .
Spring 2017
Lloyd Schwartz_- 4 / 26_/ 17 .
…(poems on Academy of American Poets; poems on Poetry Foundation)
Fall 2016
Mary Buchinger_- 10 / 12 / 16 .
(Mary Buchinger’s website)
Archives Prior to 2016: Writers at MCC (and other CW activities)
OPEN POETRY & FICTION READINGS – ARCHIVE:
Slam Your Vote! Open Poetry & Fiction Reading & Contest – 11/2/22 Bedford Campus (*Event Video!*)
Mad Queens Club Reading & Contest! – 5/3/22 Lowell Campus (*Event video!*)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading – 4/6/22 Bedford Campus (*Event video!*)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 11/10/21 Bedford campus
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4/7/21 (*Event Video!*)
Slam Your Vote! Poetry & Fiction Reading & Contest 11/4/20 (*Event Video!*)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4/15/20 (*Event Video!*)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 11/20/19_Bedford campus (*Event Video!*)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 12/3/19_Lowell campus (cancelled/snowstorm)
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 5/6/19 Lowell campus .
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4/10/19 Bedford campus .
Slam Your Vote! Open Poetry & Fiction Reading & Contest 11/14/18_Bedford campus .
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 12/3/18 Lowell campus .
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4/11/18_Bedford campus .
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4/30/18_Lowell campus .
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 12 4 17_Lowell campus;
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 11 22 17_Bedford campus;
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 5 4 17_Lowell campus;
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 4 5 17_Bedford campus;
Open Poetry & Fiction Reading 12 5 16_Lowell campus ;
Slam Your Vote! Open Poetry & Fiction Reading & Contest_11 2 16 Bedford campus ;
Archive: Open Readings & Other Creative Writing Activities at MCC prior to 2016
DEAD RIVER REVIEW (MCC’s LITERARY MAGAZINE) EVENTS – ARCHIVE:
Dead River Review Issue 7 Release Party & Reading – 5/3/22 (*Event video!*)
Dead River Review Issue 6 Release Celebration & Reading – 5/3/21! (*Event video!*)
Dead River Review Issue 5 Release & Open Reading – 5/4/20 (*Event video!*)
Dead River Review Issue 4 Catch & Release Party & Reading – 5/6/19 .
Dead River Review Issue 3 Catch & Release Party & Reading – 4/30/18 .
Dead River Review Issue 2 Catch & Release Party & Reading – 2017 .
Dead River Review Issue 1 Catch & Release Party & Reading – 2016 .
LA GUAGUA POETRY FESTIVALS / EVENTS – ARCHIVE
(Archive of Video Recordings here)
La Guagua Poetry Festival 2023 – 5/5 – 5/6/23
…(Flier. Event Program. *Event Videos!*)
La Guagua Poetry Festival Reading Series presents A Bilingual Reading: Five Dominican
…Female Writers in Conversation – 12/6.22 (Event flier with info & links ) (*Event Videos!*)
La Guagua Poetry Festival Reading Series presents A Bilingual Reading & Conversation:
… Jennifer Rathbun & Carlos Aguasaco – 6/15/22. (*Event video!*)
La Guagua Poetry Festival Virtual Reading Series – 5/1/21 (Poets’ bios) (*Event video!*)
La Guagua Poetry Festival 2019 – 3/29 & 3/30/19. (*Event videos!*)
La Guagua Poetry Festival 2018 – 4/20 – 4/21/18 (Program) (*Promo video*).
La Guagua Poetry Festival 2017 (Program) (*Event videos!*)
LOWELL CELEBRATES KEROUAC FESTIVALS, LCK/MCC POETRY CONTESTS, JACK KEROUAC READING MARATHONS – ARCHIVE
MCC Poetry Reading & Contest–Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival-10/7/21 (cancelled)
MCC Poetry Reading & Contest—part of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival -10/10/19
….(*Video of 2nd Round!*; LCK / MCC Contest 2019 Winners! ; LCK_Fest Schedule)
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival – 10/14 – 10/20/19 – City of Lowell.
Jack Kerouac Reading Marathon – The Dharma Bums 10/11/18 – MCC Lowell campus .
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival – 10 / 4 – 8 / 18 – City of Lowell .
Jack Kerouac Reading Marathon – On the Road 3/10/18 – City of Lowell (team from MCC).
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festivals – archives – City of Lowell.
WORLD POETRY DAY FESTIVAL 24 HOUR INTERNATIONAL, MULTILINGUAL VIRTUAL POETRY MARATHON – ARCHIVE:
World Poetry Day Festival –3 / 21 / 22
(3 MCC Faculty featured as part of a La Guagua Festival sponsored panel of 12 New England poets 7:00am-8:00am (Event info, *Links to event recordings!*)
MCC NIGHTS AT AREA OPEN MIC EVENTS – ARCHIVE:
MCC Night at the Untitled Open Mic, Coffee & Cotton Cafe, Lowell – 11/16/22
(Untitled Open Mic website)
Archives Prior to 2016: Writers at MCC and other CW activities
Creative Writing at MCC 