Humanities
BLACKSMITH HOUSE POETRY SERIES: SPRING 2021 Readings currently take place virtually on Zoom on Mondays at 7:15pm. Admission is $3. Register at ccae.org/blacksmithpoetry. 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 22
MARCH 29
Denise Bergman reads from her new collection, The Shape of the Keyhole, with Katherine Hollander, whose debut poetry collection is My German Dictionary.
Zachary Schomburg reads from his new poetry collection, Fjords v2, with Yonah Harvey, author of You Don't Have To Go To Mars for Love.
MARCH 1
Khaled Mattawa reads from his latest poetry collection, Fugitive Atlas, with Randall Mann, whose latest book is A Better Life.
Natalie Shapero, whose latest collection is Popular Longing, reads with Rebecca Morgan Frank, author of Oh You Robot Saints!
MARCH 8 Christian Wiman reads from Survival is a Style, with Andrea Cohen, whose new poetry collection is Everything.
MARCH 22 New Voices: Emerging Writers
An evening of poetry with Selma Asotic, Sarah Audsley, Chibuihe Obi, and Heather Treseler. 30
APRIL 5
APRIL 12 Yusef Komunyakaa reads from his new collection, Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems.
MAY 3 Jennifer Militello reads from her new poetry collection, The Pact, with Tim Liardet, whose most recent collection is Arcimboldo’s Bulldog: New and Selected Poems.
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The Blacksmith House Poetry Series is funded in part by Cambridge Arts Council. We appreciate our donors’ support of Cambridge Center for Adult Education and local cultural programming.
