About this Event
In person at Brookline Booksmith! Join us for an evening of poetry with Hannah Brooks-Motl & Stephanie Burt.
This event is part of Third Thursdays Poetry, a monthly reading series at Brookline Booksmith.
Register for the event!
RSVP to let us know you're coming! Depending on the volume of responses, an RSVP may be required for entrance to the event. You will also be alerted to important details about the program, including safety requirements, cancellations, and book signing updates.
Livestream!
Barring technical difficulty, this event will be livestreamed on our store YouTube channel.
Third Thursdays Poetry: January
Hannah Brooks-Motl was born and raised in Wisconsin. She is author of the poetry collections The New Years (2014), M (2015), Earth(2019), and Ultraviolet of the Genuine (2025), named a finalist for the New England Book Award, as well as chapbooks from the Song Cave, arrow as aarow, and The Year. She earned an MFA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and PhD from the University of Chicago. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Cambridge Review, the Chicago Review, the Kenyon Review, LitHub, Modernism/modernity and in edited collections from Wesleyan University Press and Cambridge University Press, among other places. She lives in western Massachusetts.
Stephanie Burt is Donald and Katherine Loker Professor of English at Harvard. Her most recent books are Taylor's Version: The Musical and Poetic Genius of Taylor Swift (2025), Super Gay Poems (2025) and We Are Mermaids: Poems (2022). She writes regularly about poems, poets, poetry, pop stars, obscure musicians who really should have been pop stars, mutants, superheroes, space aliens, angst-driven teens, and other trans people for venues in the US, Canada, the UK, and Aotearoa New Zealand, among them the London Review of Books, ALH, College Literature, and the New York Times Book Review. She lives in Belmont with her nesting partner, two teenagers, two cats and the world's friendliest mid-size dog.
About Brookline Booksmith
We are one of New England’s premier independent bookstores, family-owned and locally run since 1961. We offer an extensive selection of new, used, and bargain books; unique, beautiful gifts; award-winning events series; and specialty foods. Every day, we strive to foster community through the written word, represent a diverse range of voices and histories, and inspire conversations that enrich our lives. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!
EVENT ACCESSIBILITY
This event will take place at street level. If possible, the event will be livestreamed to YouTube. ASL interpretation may be provided (based on the availability of interpreters) but must be requested at least 2 weeks in advance of the event. Seats are limited. Please email us at [email protected] as soon as possible if you require ASL interpretation, guaranteed seating, or other accommodations. We will do our best to serve your needs!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 7.18
