In 2021, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities at Holy Cross, and the Worcester County Poetry Association received a 3-year SIA grant (funded through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) to embark on Mapping Worcester in Poetry (MWiP), an initiative that will identify and mark sites related to seven nationally known poets from Worcester while also nurturing new poems about the city.
MWiP will literally put Worcester's poetry on the map with an interactive website, self- guided tours, readings, a symposium, a Worcester Historical Museum exhibit, and a feature section of The Worcester Review. For more information, visit https://worcestercountypoetry.org/mapping-worcester- in-poetry/. Susan Elizabeth Sweeney (also known as Beth) is also a poet whose work, appearing in various venues, has received an American Academy of Poets Prize and the Frank O'Hara Prize, among other awards. At Holy Cross, she teaches 19th- and 20th-century American literature. To learn more about Beth, visit her website https://susanelizabethsweeney.wordpress.com.