Bunker Hill Community College Celebrates National Poetry Month 2025 — April 1 to 30
Poetry’s Diverse Voices
April 1 – 30, 2025
BHCC Library and Learning Commons
Explore the collection from the BHCC’s Library and Learning Commons of published poets’ work that celebrates a wide range of style, theme and language.
BHCC Cultural Partner with Related Current Program
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Robert Frank: Mary’s Book | Through June 22, 2025
Celebrating the centennial of photographer Robert Frank’s (1924–2019) birth, this exhibition takes an in-depth look at the personal scrapbook of photographs Frank made for Mary Lockspeiser, the woman who became his first wife, titled Mary’s Book. Seventy-four small photographs and their accompanying inscriptions reveal Frank’s appreciation for the poetic resonance of objects and spaces. The book is a reflection on solitary contemplation that reads like a lyrical poem and compelling personal photographic sequence.
Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m., Library & Learning Commons Reading Room, N-310
Bridging Languages and Cultures through Creative Writing: A Dominican & Haitian Poetry Workshop & Reading
Join Rhina Espaillat, Juan Matos, Jimmy Valdez Osaku, Emmanuela Maurice, Eddy Toussaint, Tontongi and Jean-Dany Joachim as they delve into the significance of celebrating the work of Haitian and Dominican poets & writers. The poets will share their work exploring the power of poetic voices from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the role of language in shaping cultural identity, and the importance of translation in bridging cultural divides.
Hosted by Jean-Dany Joachim, Single Stop, and Founder of Boston's City Night Readings, Cambridge Poet Populist from 2009 to 2011, and the current Poet in Residence at First Church in Cambridge.
Sponsored by the Mary L. Fifield Art Gallery
Friday, April 25, 6 p.m., A-300 Art Gallery Lobby
The Sum Poets' Poetry Is Not a Luxury* Poetry Reading and Open Mic Celebration
Please come celebrate National Poetry Month with a featured reading by The Sum Poets of Bunker Hill Community College followed by an open mic. We can't wait to read our poetry and to hear yours, so do arrive a few minutes early to sign up for one of ten open mic spots.
The Sum Poets are a collective of women and gender-expansive Bunker Hill Community College Students, Alum and Faculty. Alexis Ask, Maya Blanco, Luleta Meharenna, and Deborah Schwartz will be representing our larger collective at the reading.
Welcome by Soo Park, Dean, Humanities and Learning Communities
Sponsored by the English Department
* Poetry Is Not A Luxury is the title of Audre Lorde's groundbreaking essay first published in Chrysalis: A Magazine of Woman's Culture (1977), and later published in her collection of essays Sister Outsider by Crossing Press (1984).