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A Virtual Gathering of Native Voices

December 11, 2020 - By The Massachusetts Review

Watch our Virtual Gathering of Native American Voices from Dec. 10th with Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr., Elise Paschen, Toni Jensen, and Tacey M. Atsitty, moderated by Laura Furlan, the reading will hand over the mic to contemporary Indigenous voices, rather than cosplay Pilgrims, during the 400th anniversary of the landing at Plymouth Rock.

Tacey M. Atsitty, Diné, is Tsénahabiłnii (Sleep Rock People) and born for Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle People). Her maternal grandfather is Tábąąhí (Water Edge People) and her paternal grandfather is Hashk’áánhadzóhí (Yucca Fruit Strung-Out-In-A-Line People) from Cove, AZ. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming...

A Virtual Reading with Danusha Laméris

May 3, 2020 - By Danusha Laméris

The Massachusetts Review presents a virtual poetry reading with Danusha Laméris, featuring her poemfrom the Spring 2020 issue , "Detour." 

Amy Leach Reads Her "Safari"

January 15, 2016 - By Mass Review

Syria in Words and Music

January 15, 2015 - By Mass Review

Rasha Abbas and her English translator Alice Guthrie read original stories and nonfiction from Syria. The reading is accompanied by the Layaali Arabic Music Ensemble, with a program of all Syrian music, featuring master oud player Kinan Idnawi.

Erri De Luca's "A Dissenting Word"

January 15, 2015 - By Mass Review

In this video blog, Massachusetts Review editor and translator Jim Hicks reads selections from the English translation of Erri De Luca's A Dissenting Word. De Luca is currently being tried in Italy for expressing -- during an interview on the Italian site of the Huffington Post -- his solidarity with the Susa Valley's NO TAV activists, a resistance group that opposes the construction of a high-speed train line between Lyon and Torino. If convicted, De Luca could be sent to prison for up to five years.