The Blacksmith House Poetry Series

Founded in 1973, the Blacksmith House Poetry Series features both established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction. The series is sponsored by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and holds readings at the Blacksmith House, site of the village smithy and spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow’s 1839 poem "The Village Blacksmith."

  • Andrea Cohen, Director
  • Rebecca Morgan Frank, Associate Director
  • Chanel Anderson, Assistant Director
  • Gail Mazur, Founding Director

Readings take place at 56 Brattle Street unless otherwise noted.
8:00 pm | $3
Tickets may be purchased 45 minutes prior to the reading.

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February 13

Martha Rhodes reads from her new poetry collection, The Beds with R. Dwayne Betts, author of the poetry collection Shahid Reads His Own Palm.

March 5

New Voices: Emerging Writers
Kirsten Andersen, Kerrin McCadden, and Hyejung Kook.

March 12

Jake Adam York author of Persons Unknown, reads with Paul Hostovsky, author of the poetry collection Dear Truth.

March 19

Rebecca Morgan Frank reads from her debut collection, Little Murders Everywhere, with Christopher Hennessy, whose first poetry collection is Love-in-Idleness.

March 26

Daniel Hall, whose latest poetry collection is Under Sleep, reads with Robin Behn, author of the new poetry collection, The Yellow House.

April 2

Linda Gregerson, author of Magnetic North and the forthcoming Still Life, reads with Aaron Baker, author of the poetry collection Mission Work.

April 9

Martha Collins reads from her new poetry collection, White Papers, with Wayne Miller, whose new collection is The City, Our City.

April 23

Elizabeth Bradfield reads from her poetry collection, Approaching Ice, with Peter Richards, whose new poetry collection is Helsinki.

April 30

Franz Wright, whose recent books include Kindertotenwald and Wheeling Motel, reads with Geoffrey Brock, author of the poetry collection Weighing Light and editor of The FSG Book of 20th-century Italian Poetry.

May 7

Stanley Plumly reads from his new poetry collection, Orphan Hours, with Jane Shore, author of That Said.

The Blacksmith House Poetry Series

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