Blacksmith House Poetry Series

FALL 2021

All readings will take place in-person on Mondays at 8pm. Admission is $3. Visit ccae.org/blacksmithpoetry for more information.

Founded in 1973, the awardwinning Blacksmith House Poetry Series features established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction. The series is named after the Blacksmith House at 56 Brattle Street, site of the village smithy and spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow’s 1839 poem “The Village Blacksmith.”

Andrea Cohen

Director

Ron Spaletta & Daniel Grover

Assistants to the Director

Gail Mazur

Founding Director

October 18

Lloyd Schwartz reads from Who's on First?: New and Selected Poems, with Peter Shippy, whose latest collection is Kaputniks.

October 25

Cammy Thomas reads from her new book, Tremors, with Joan Houlihan, author of It Isn't a Ghost If It Lives in Your Chest.

November 1

Angie Estes, whose latest book is Parole, reads with Maureen McLane, author of More Anon: Selected Poems.

November 15

Peter Campion reads from his new poetry collection, One Summer Evening at the Falls, with Atsuro Riley, whose new collection is Heard-Hoard.

November 22

John Skoyles reads from his new book, Yes and No, with Pablo Medina, author of The Foreigner's Song: New & Selected Poems.

November 29

Sandra Lim reads from her new collection, The Curious Thing, with Noah Warren, author of The Complete Stories.

December 6

George Kalogeris reads from his new poetry collection, Winthropos, with Chard DeNiord, whose latest collection is In My Unknowings.

The Blacksmith House Poetry Series is funded in part by Cambridge Arts Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council. We appreciate our donors’ support of Cambridge Center for Adult Education and local cultural programming.