Salem State Professors Transform Academic Satire into Feature Film What happens when ambitious poets gather for a remote writing residency? According to Salem State University professors Kevin Carey and Peter Sampieri, it becomes a perfect setting for murder, mystery, and academic satire. MFA murder mystery film. Their new film, “MFA: The Terminal Degree,” follows four ambitious young poets who agree

A new literary masterpiece is on the horizon. Kevin Carey’s upcoming novel, “Junior Miles and the Junkman,” promises to be a heartwarming exploration of grief, resilience, and the transformative power of art. Synopsis: In the rustic environment of a junkyard, young Junior Miles calls it home, living among the artworks his father created from the surrounding debris. Tragedy strikes when

Buy Set in Stone (CavanKerry Press, 2020) $16 by Joey Phoenix Related Reading: “Beasts Walk Among Us in Carey’s Murder in the Marsh” Kevin Carey’s (He/him/his) most recent book of poetry, Set in Stone, is like salt. The salt of the briney ocean leaking into the Revere marsh, the dripping sweat and shoe squeak of a basketball court in a

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June 7, 2018 NEWBURYPORT, MA — Written by poet and playwright Kevin Carey, THE STAND OR, SAL IS DEAD will make its world premiere this summer. Currently in development at Salem State University, the production’s five-performance run will be hosted at The Actor’s Studio of Newburyport from June 21-24, 2018.