99 % POETS | April 18 | In addition to incorporating percentages into the daily vernacular, the Occupy movement has inspired countless poems. Liberty's Vigil, The Occupy Anthology: 99 Poets Among the 99 Percent anthologizes some of them. This event will feature the poet Alice Weiss, former public defender and civil rights attorney. | Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, Cambridge | 7 pm | Free | 617.491.2220 or portersquarebooks.com
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