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111 Harbor Way
19 Carter
206 Worcester Road
56 Brattle Street Cambridge
56 Island Street, Lawrence, MA
65 Washington St Weymouth, MA 02188
77 Main Street Hopkinton, Ma
90 Park Street, Florence, Massachusetts
Amesbury Public Library
Amesbury Senior Center
Amherst Books
Andala Cafe
Annie's Book Stop (Worcester)
Arms Library
Arnold Arboretum
Art Building, Hinchcliff Reception Hall (Mt. Holyoke)
Arts at the Armory Café
Arts at the Armory/Basement B8
Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in the Tsotsis Family Acad
Barnes & Noble Bookstore (Worcester)
Beals Memorial Library
Bedlam Book Cafe
Berkshire Museum
Bernie Dallas Room, UMass Amherst
Bethlehem Chapel, Brandeis University
Blacksmith House
Blue Umbrella Books
Booklovers' Gourmet
Boston Athenæum
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
Boston Public Library - Mattapan Branch
Boston Public Library's Main Branch
Brockton Public Library
Brookline Booksmith
Cambridge Public Library
Canopy Room
Cantab Lounge
Cary Memorial Library
Center for the Arts at the Armory
Cleat and Anchor
Coffee and Cotton
Concord Free Public Library
Curtis Memorial Library
Driscoll Gallery, Brockton Public Library
Edward M. Kennedy Institute For the U.S. Senate
Federal Street Books
First Baptist Church
First Parish Church
First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Follen Church Society
Follow Your Art Community Studios
Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery
Forum Room, Lamont Library
Framingham State University, Heineman Ecumenical Center
Grolier Book Shop
Grolier Poetry Bookshop
GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing
GrubStreet's Center for Creative Writing
Home.stead Bakery and Cafe
home.stead café
Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library
Huntington Theatre Company
I Am Books
John Greenleaf Whittier Home & Museum
Katzenberg Center, 3rd floor, CGS
Knafel Auditorium, Radcliffe Institute
Leventhal Center Auditorium
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Room: 2601 UMass Amherst Campus
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons University
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Make Shift Boston
Make-It Springfield
Marran Theater
Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center
MassArt, Kennedy, 406
Massasoit Community College
McCormack Family Theater
Menino Arts Center
Menschell Hall Harvard Art Museums
Middlesex Community College (Bedford Campus)
MIT Press Bookstore
MIT Stata Center
Newburyport Public Library
Newton Free Library
Nick's Bar & Restaurant
Norton's Woods Conference Center
Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Olver Transit Pavillion
Online
Outpost 186
Park View Room
Pemberton Farms
Pierce Hall, First Parish in Brookline
Plymouth Public Library Otto Fehlow Meeting Room
Porter Square Books
Ralph's Rock Diner
Root and Press LLC
Roslindale House
Roxbury Heritage State Park
Shattuck Hall, Cassani Room (102) (Mt. Holyoke)
Shelburne-Buckland Community Hall
Smith College Campus Center, Carroll Room
Sonia
St. Denis Catholic Church
Starlight Square
Starlite Bar & Art Gallery
Starlite Bar & Gallery
Suffolk University Poetry Center
Tatnuck Bookseller and Cafe
Temple Isaiah
Temple Sinai
The Bill Bordy Theatre of Emerson College
The Community Church of Boston
THE DEMOCRACY CENTER , 45 MOUNT AUBURN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA (HARVARD SQUARE)
The District Center for the Arts
The Emily Dickinson Museum
The Historic Cabot Theatre
The Lilypad
The Odyssey Bookshop
The Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Old Manse
The Press Room
Tidepool Bookshop, Llc
Trident Booksellers & Cafe
Trident Bookstore
Trustman Gallery Simmons College
Tufts University
UMass Amherst, Great Hall
UMASS-Boston, Creative Writing MFA
WCPA Office @ the Sprinkler Factory
WeBreathe Wellness
Weinstein Auditorium, Smith College
Wellesley Books
Wellfleet Library
West Suburban YMCA
Westwood Public Library, Islington Branch
Woodberry Poetry Room
Woods Hole Public Library
Worcester Public Library Saxe Room
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