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Poet and critic Stephen Burt (The Art of the Sonnet, Close Calls with Nonsense, and Parallel Play) will moderate this provocative look at the persona poem as a form of self-portraiture. Sandra Beasley (I Was the Jukebox) and Jessica Bozek (The Bodyfeel Lexicon) will read and join in discussing the use of this form in their own work as well as its role in contemporary American poetics. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.