Welcome to the schedule of poetry events happening in Massachusetts! This schedule contains events happening all over the state, as entered by our Poetry Partners and others. It is not limited to Mass Poetry events. To submit an event, click here. For more questions regarding our calendar, you can email marketing@masspoetry.org.
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Thea Iberall is a storyteller, novelist, playwright, and performance poet. Thea has been a featured storyteller at venues including Heron Music Festival, Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Hadassah, and the Leonard Bernstein Arts Festival at Brandeis University. Her work has been published in anthologies including in Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust. Thea is the playwright of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History. Her ecofeminist novel, The Swallow and the Nightingale, is about a 4,000-year-old secret brought through time by the birds. Recognized for her eclectic teaching skills, Thea was inducted into the International Educators Hall of Fame in 2015. Thea has a Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from University of Massachusetts and a Master's Degree in Professional Writing from USC.
She is a member of the Jewish Storytelling Coalition which is a network of New England storytellers who share the venerable craft of the telling of Jewish tales through concerts, performances, workshops and informal story-sharing sessions. As a writer, she is a shimmering bridge between heart and mind. Thea's stories springboard from the personal into moral issues, scientific questions, and emotional truths. She has volunteered with JCAN-MA for ten years.
