Robin Becker reads from Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems, with Richie Hofmann, whose newest collection is The Bronze Arms.
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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.
Robin Becker
Robin Becker is the author of seven collections of poetry, including the Lambda Literary Award Winner, All-American Girl (1996), and most recently, Midsummer Count: New and Selected Poems (2026).
Richie Hofmann
Richie Hofmann is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the author of three books of poems: Second Empire (2015), A Hundred Lovers (2022), and The Bronze Arms (2026).