Poetry

Porter Square Books is pleased to welcome Richard Hoffman and DeWitt Henry for a poetry reading featuring Hoffman's People Once Real and Henry's Restless for Words! Copies of both books will be available for purchase the night of the event. This event will take place on Wednesday, April 12 at 7pm at Porter Square Books (25 White St. Cambridge MA 02140).

Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome Shanta Lee Gander, author of Black Metamorphoses, and U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo, author of Soul Psalms, for a multimedia performance of their poetry! This event will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 7pm at PSB: Boston Edition (50 Liberty Dr. Boston, MA 02210).

Porter Square Books is delighted to host a poetry reading featuring Barbara Carlson (What Drifted Here), Miriam O'Neal (The Half-Said Things), and Stephan Delbos (Small Talk).

Porter Square Books is delighted to partner with Pemberton Farms Marketplace for an evening of poetry featuring poets Deborah Schwartz, Ellen Doré Watson, and Krysten Hill! Copies of each poet's most recent collection will be available for sale at this event. 

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition and Mass Poetry are delighted to present an evening of poetry on Monday, September 26 at 7pm!

Porter Square Books is delighted to welcome poets Kate Colby, Elisa Gabbert, and Sommer Browning for a reading at the store! Kate will be reading from her collection Reverse Engineer, while Elisa will read from Normal Distance and Sommer from Good Actors. You can find out more about the poetry collections below! 

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Porter Square Books is delighted to welcome local poets Christie Towers and Aly Pierce for a reading at the store! Both will be reading from their celestial debut collections, which you can learn more about below. This event will take place on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:00pm. 

Please note that masks will be required for all those attending the event. RSVPs, while not required, are strongly encouraged!

Porter Square Books is delighted to present award-winning poet Edward Hirsch for his latest, The Heart of American Poetry. Said Susan Sontag, “Edward Hirsch is the most endearing of guides to the ecstasies of reading poetry.” Join us in welcoming Hirsch in conversation with Boston College professor Kim Garcia on Tuesday, May 10 at 7pm.

Please RSVP below if you plan to attend!

Porter Square Books is thrilled to partner with Mass Poetry in welcoming Jeffrey Yang and Fanny Howe for a reading and conversation about the poets' latest works! Hear from Line and Light, a multifaceted collection by Jeffrey Yang, whose poetry is “flexible, expansive, sonorously clever” (The Millions), and Indivisible, the conclusion of a radically philosophical and personal s