Concord, Massachusetts
Two weeks of talks, readings, and discussions celebrating the written and the spoken word.
Randall Kennedy
Ha Jin
Anita Hill
Stephen Greenblatt
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 .
Concord Festival of Authors is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
a stage agency
Major Sponsors:
Joan Houlihan
Events: Poetry — New Book Launch
Book: The Us
Joan Houlihan is the author of three books, most recently, The Us, from Tupelo Press. Her other books are: Hand-Held Executions, Poems & Essays, and The Mending Worm, winner of the Green Rose Award from New Issues Press. She is a staff reviewer for the Contemporary Poetry Review and her series of essays on contemporary poetry is published under the title Boston Comment.
Houlihan’s work has appeared in many journals and magazines, including Boston Review, Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, and Poetry International, and is anthologized in the Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries and The Book of Irish-American Poetry, 18th Century to Present.
Founder and director of the Concord Poetry Center and of the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conferences, Houlihan is also on the faculty of the Lesley University MFA in Creative Writing Program in Cambridge.