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BLACKSMITH HOUSE POETRY SERIES: SPRING 2022 All February readings will take place online via Zoom on Mondays at 7:15pm. All readings from March through May will take place in person at 56 Brattle Street 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
February 21
April 4
Matthew Olzmann reads from his newest poetry collection, Constellation Route, with Donika Kelly , author of The Renunciations.
Robert Pinsky reads new poems and from his most recent collection, At the Foundling Hospital.
February 28
April 11
Lesle Lewisreads from Rainy Days on the Farm, with Joan Kane , whose most recent book is Milk Black Carbon.
GailMazur whose , mostrecentbookLand’s is End, New & Selected Poems, reads with VincentKatz author , of Broadway for Paul.
March 14
April 25
Tom Sleighreads from The King’s Touch, with Alan Shapiro , author of Proceed to Check Out.
Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Dara Wier) reads from her new collection, Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina, with Dennis Nurkse , author of A Country of Strangers.
March 21 Linda Gregerson reads from her new collection, Canopy, with Roger Reeves , whose new book is Best Barbarian.
March 28
May 2 Michael Collier reads from The Missing Mountain: New and Selected Poems, with Nicky Beer , author of Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes.
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.
Jenny Barber reads from her new book, Future readings will be The Sliding Boat Our Bodies Made, with Joshua Weiner , author/translator most announced online at recentlyFlight of and Metamorphosis: ccae.org/blacksmithpoetry. Poems of Nelly Sachs (a bilingual edition). Stay tuned!
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