Concord and Lowell, Massachusetts
Two weeks of talks, readings, and discussion celebrating the written and the spoken word.
Roy Blount Jr.
Carole Boston Weatherford
James Wood
Jennifer Haigh
How You Can Participate
- Attend: Most events are free. All events are open to the public. Events that require a ticket are so indicated and include information about how and where to obtain tickets.
- Donate: The festival is produced by a non-profit foundation and depends greatly on individual support. Tax deductible donations in any amount are encouraged and can be made online.
- Sponsor: Corporate sponsorship is welcomed and is available. For information please .
Suzanne Owens
Events: The Poets of Finishing Line Press
Book: In the Lake's Eye
Suzanne Owens’ book, The Daughters of Discorda, about criminal women — the first feminists, their history, society, and the laws that bound them — was published by BOA Editions, winning the A. Poulin Jr. New Poets of America prize in 2000. Suzanne won the Frank Cat Press chapbook award in 1996 with Theater Poems. Her other books include In the Lake’s Eye, published by Finishing Line Press, and Over the Edge. Poems from a new manuscript won first prize in Margie: The Journal of American Poetry. “Cat Scan” placed second in the Anne Stanford Poetry Prize contest, University of Southern California Anthology, 2004. Her work has appeared in Nimrod, Mississippi, Ploughshares, and Ontario Review.