Elizabeth S. Wolf at the 2026 Boston Poetry Marathon

 

This Was Nice to See

Thanks to Joey Gould for this photo of me from the Boston Poetry Marathon this past weekend. It's the first photo I've seen of me that doesn't make me look like a dark parody of my father. I appreciate that.

Grateful

Thanks so much to co-organizers Christina Liu and Xtina Strong for making this years' Boston Poetry Marathon such a success. Thanks to everyone who participated as a reader, as a recorder of the event, as an audience member. I promise to share photos and video from the event tonight. Check out the Boston Poetry Marathon social media pages later.

 

Here We Go!

The Boston Poetry Marathon is starting in a couple of hours.

Read, Attend

Thanks to Jessica A. Kent of Literary Boston for interviewing me, Christina Liu and Xtina Strong about the Boston Poetry Marathon taking place this weekend on August 8 and 9. Read about the Marathon and its long history then consider joining us either on at least one of those days. 

The 2026 Boston Poetry Marathon is Up!

And we are still adding names. 

 

I'll be Printing These This Weekend

I'm excited. Are you?

FYI

 

 

I'll be working on this today.  

Happy Birthday, Bridget Eileen Madden

 

 

It's Up

 

 

I'm doing a soft lauch of the Boston Poetry Marathon's GoFundMe page.

 

I'd appreciate it if you can donate. 

 

This Summer: The 2026 Boston Poetry Marathon

The Boston Poetry Marathon has been gathering since 1998. The tradition carries on in 2026 this summer. Join us as we host a weekend of poetry by over a hundred poets.

We are returning to our home at the Community Church of Boston on 565 Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square.

I am grateful to co-organizers Christina Liu and Xtina Strong for their help in keeping this event going.

We are in the process of updating our website and hope to send notices to our poets soon.

A GoFundMe page will be dropping by Monday.

Thank you all for your support over the years.

Curtain Call

I had nothing appropriate I could have said when the Boston Poetry Marathon ended yesterday, so I saved this part when no one was around. Despite the choice of song, I did not do it alone. The Boston Poetry Marathon is a team effort with many people moving the moving parts. I couldn't have done it without Christina Liu and Christina Strong along with co-hosts Tom Daley and Timothy Gager (who provided vital audience assistance during Carol Weston's remote spot). And of course John Mulrooney brought it all home leading the tribute to Fanny Howe. And of course, there was everyone who attended. Many put their own marathon in attending both days! You made it all happen, and I hope we can all do it again. 

 

Cleared Out

The show's over. See you next time. 

Up Now

 

 

The GoFunmd for Boston Poetry Marathon 2025 is up here.

New BPM Social Media Page

 

 

Prior to the Boston Poetry Marathon in August, join the event's new Bluesky page. 

Happy Birthday, Bridget Eileen Madden

 

 

The Boston Poetry Marathon Returns!

From today's Boston Poetry Marathon email.

Just to Let You Know

 

 

The Boston Poetry Marathon is happening on August 16 and 17 this summer. Who's in? 

 

Things I Messed Up in 2024: The Boston Poetry Marathon

I didn't act fast enough. 

I didn't want to take initiative. I should have. 

By the time someone else did, it was too late.

Instead of  a two-day event. It was one day online. 

I don't want to repeat my mistakes from this year. 

I promise to everyone who loves the Boston Poetry Marathon: We will meet in person again.

Unless, y'know, bird flu. Or another plague of any time.

But let's be somewhat optimistic for once. 

Happy Birthday, Joanna "JoJo" Lazar