Nick Flynn at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival

If you’re looking for a new experience this holiday weekend, consider the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. It’s the first ever state-wide celebration of poets and poetry on the home turf of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Jack Kerouac. The three-day festival features readings, workshops, films and music.

Headlining tomorrow night in Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell, is poet and author Nick Flynn. His two books of poetry earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other awards. His memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, won the Pen/Martha Albrand Award. He’s also collaborated with visual artists, worked on an Academy Award-nominated film, authored a play called Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins, and is now at work on a new memoir.

Nick Flynn joins us on Word of Mouth to talk about his work and this weekend's festival.