Jennifer Barber reads from her new collection, A Prevalence of Angels, with David Orr, author of The Marvels.
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Founded in 1973, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. In person readings will take place at 56 Brattle on Mondays at 8pm. Admission is $5, tickets are available at the door.
Jennifer Barber
Jennifer Barber’s 2026 collection is A Prevalence Of Angels. Her previous collection was The Sliding Boat Our Bodies Made. She is the founding editor of Salamander: a magazine for poetry, fiction, and memoirs, and she served as its editor-in-chief from 1992 to 2018.
David Orr
David Orr is Professor of Poetry and the Practice of Criticism at Rutgers University and a longtime poetry critic for the New York Times Book Review, among other publications. His book is The Marvels.