Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Writing Faculty) reads from Departures from Rilke, with David Daniel, whose new collection is What Love Is.

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.

Steven Cramer is the author of seven poetry collections, including, most recently, Departures from Rilke and Listen. His poems have appeared in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Paris Review, and Poetry. The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the NEA, he founded and now teaches in Lesley University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.

David Daniel’s books include Seven-Star Bird, winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize, Ornaments, and most recently, What Love Is, a collaboration with artist George Cochrane. Daniel directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is the creator and producer of FDU’s WAMFest: The Words, Art, and Music Festival.