Double feature… Andrea Cohen and Lloyd Schwartz

Andrea Cohen’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Threepenny Review, and elsewhere. Her most recent book of poems is Unfathoming (Four Way Books 2017). Other books include Furs Not Mine, Kentucky Derby, Long Division, and The Cartographer’s Vacation. Cohen directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, MA and the Writers House at Merrimack College.

Lloyd Schwartz teaches in the MFA program at UMass Boston. He’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and an Elizabeth Bishop scholar. His latest collection of poems is Little Kisses(University of Chicago Press, 2017).

The Brookline Poetry Series meets once a month on Sunday afternoons, September through May, normally in Hunneman Hall at the Brookline Village Library (361 Washington St., Brookline, MA 02445). Usually, one or two established poets read, followed by an open mike. You may contact the organizers via email at brooklinepoetry@minlib.net. Please put “Brookline Poetry Series” in the subject heading. Please do not send written correspondence in care of the Library.

Timing of performances:

• 1:30 PM • Doors open
• 1:45 PM • Open mic sign-up
• 2 – 4 PM • Poetry readings