Blacksmith House Poetry Series - Lloyd Schwartz and Patrick Sylvain

May 4, 2026

BHPS Lloyd and Sylvain

56 Brattle St
Cambridge MA 02138

May 4, 2026
8:00pm – 9:00pm

Lloyd Schwartz reads from Artur Schnabel and Joseph Szigeti Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4, 1948) and Other Poems, with Patrick Sylvain, whose new book is Fire on the Tongue.

Order Artur Schnabel and Joseph Szigeti Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4, 1948) and Other Poems

Order Fire on the Tongue

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.

Lloyd Schwartz

Lloyd Schwartz is the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at UMASS Boston and the longtime classical music critic for NPR’s Fresh Air. He will be reading from his new collection, Artur Schnabel and Joseph Szigeti Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4, 1948) and Other Poems.

Patrick Sylvain

Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American educator, poet, writer, social and literary critic, and translator who has published widely on Haiti and Haitian diaspora culture, politics, language, and religion. He is the author of several poetry books in English and Haitian, and his poems have been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. He has been published in several anthologies, academic journals, books, magazines, and reviews, including: African American Review, Agni, American Poetry Review, Bangalore Review, and others.