Official description: the Brookline Poetry Series is an independent monthly venue housed at the Brookline Public Library Main Branch.  In recent years we have hosted poets such as Alan Shapiro,  Stephanie Burt, Vievee Francis, Daisy Fried, Major Jackson, Dorianne Laux, Matthew Olzmann, Patricia Smith, and Jane Wong.

We meet the third Sunday of the month, September through May, from 2-4 p.m.  Readings in September-November and March-May are in-person; readings in December-February are on Zoom. The afternoon starts with our invited readers.  An open mike closes the event, where some of the best up-and-coming lyric and narrative poets in Boston present their work. We draw a regular audience of 30-50 people, and poets often tell us that we have one of the most attentive audiences they have encountered.  It's a serious but warm venue, with a strong sense of commitment to the work and to the community we've built. The Boston Globe has called us "the best literary open mike in Boston." The Series directors are Ann Killough, Christine Tierney, Aimée Sands, and Susan Jo Russell.