University of Massachusetts Amherst

Poetry Bus Tour 2006

Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the 2006 Poetry Bus Tour, sponsored by Seattle-based independent press Wave Books, is the biggest literary event of 2006 and the most ambitious poetry tour ever attempted.

The UMass Amherst stop is scheduled to include readings by James Tate, Joshua Beckman, Caroline Knox, Polina Barskova, James Haug, Noelle Kocot, Mary Jo Bang, Monica Youn, and Lori Shine.

Sponsored by the UMass Amherst MFA program for Poets and Writers, the Poetry Center at Smith College, and Mount Holyoke College.

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