Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2025 [Free Hybrid Event]

The Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is back September 15 - 21, 2025! Join us in celebrating contemporary creativity and the poetic legacy of Emily Dickinson from her home in Amherst. This year’s Festival is FREE and hybrid with events happening online as well as in-person at the Museum (Amherst, MA). FREE REGISTRATION: https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/tell-it-slant-2025/ This year’s line-up features a talented group of poets from around the world including a reading by National Book Award and MacArthur Genius grantee Terrance Hayes with award-winning poet Krysten Hill, generative writing workshops, poetry panels, an open mic, live music, and more. The cornerstone of the Festival, the Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon, is an epic reading of all 1,789 of Emily Dickinson’s poems across the Festival week. View the line-up and register for FREE!