NEWS
Here’s a recording of The Unifying Power of Translation: A Reading & Conversation with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur See, Patty Crane, Shangyang Fang, and Robin Myers (Copper Canyon Press, November 11, 2025)
THE BLUE HOUSE received the 2024 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation! From the judges’ citation: “Patty Crane’s translations in The Blue House brilliantly present one of the greatest poetic voices of the past sixty years…full of cinematic imagery and wisdom...” Click image to order/learn more.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST: Virtual Reading - THE BLUE HOUSE
The Poets Corner
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm PST/8:15 pm - 9:30 pm EST:
The Unifying Power of Translation: A Virtual Reading and Conversation
with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur See, Patty Crane,
Shangyang Fang, and Robin Myers
FREE - Clink link to reserve your spot
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 7 pm (EST): Hybrid Reading - THE BLUE HOUSE
with Kit Schluter & intro by C. Francis Fisher
Grolier Poetry Bookshop
Cambridge, MA
In-Person Sign Up
Virtual Sign Up
Sunday, September 22, 2024, 2 pm: Reading - Poetry at the Manse
with Mary Bonina, Patty Crane & Thomas Olivieri
New England Poetry Club
The Old Manse, Concord, MA
Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 7:30 pm ET: Virtual Reading - THE BLUE HOUSE
Patty Crane & Steven Cramer
Where the Universe Is
Thursday, May 9, 2024, 8 pm ET: Vermont College of Fine Arts
Virtual Alumnx Reading Series
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7 pm: Reading - THE BLUE HOUSE
Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
Sunday, April 28, 2024, 3 pm: Reading - THE BLUE HOUSE
Point Reyes Books, Point Reyes Station, CA
Friday, March 8, 2024, 7 pm: Reading & Music!
Spoken Words with Patty Crane & Music with Sarah Stockwell-Arthen
Friday Night Cafe, The Village Church, Cummington, MA
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 1 pm: Book Signing - THE BLUE HOUSE
Copper Canyon Press Booth #1223-1225
AWP Conference & Bookfair
Kansas City, MO
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 7 pm: Reading - LEANING TOWARD LIGHT
AWP Conference & Bookfair
Linda Hall Arboretum, Kansas City, MO
Sunday, January 7, 7:00 - 7:30 pm (Eastern Time): THE BLUE HOUSE
Part 1: Interview
Radio Boise’s The Poetry Show
(with Daphne Stanford)
Sunday, January 14, 7:00 - 7:30 pm (Eastern Time): THE BLUE HOUSE
Part 2: Interview
Radio Boise’s The Poetry Show
(with Daphne Stanford)
Friday, November 17, 2023, 6 pm: Book Launch for THE BLUE HOUSE: Collected Works of Tomas Tranströmer
The Bookstore, Lenox, MA
Sun, September 17, 2023 at 4:00 - 6:00 pm: In a Green Shade: An Evening of Poems in the Garden at Long Hill
Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them
Long Hill, Beverly, MA
Wed, September 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm: Leaning Toward Light Brooklyn Book Launch:
Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, MA
Wed, July 20, 2022 at 5:30 - 6:30 pm: Arts Alive! A Reading with Six Berkshire Poets
Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Sat, April 22, 2023 at 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Inspired Berkshires Poetry Reading
Stockbridge Library, Stockbridge, MA
Sat, April 9, 2022 at 2:00 - 4:00 pm: Panelist
Interfacing: Poetry, Mental Illness & Mental Health
Stockbridge, MA
Moderator: Kate Daniels
Panelists: Owen Lewis, M.D., Richard Berlin, M.D., Patty Crane, R.N., Hannah Fries