Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility early with us and Stephanie Burt and Catherine Rockwood!

Brought to you by the  Belmont LBGTQ Alliance and Belmont Public Library.

Stephanie Burt the Donald and Katherine Loker Professor of English at Harvard University, is a distinguished literary critic and poet. In addition to her many books of poetry and literary criticism, she has written Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall (2025) , an anthology of fifty-one works encompassing the wide range of queer and trans verse, and Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift (2025). Burt is a transgender woman who has been active in LGBTQIA+ rights and awareness campaigns.

Catherine Rockwood (she/they) is a poet and independent scholar. She reads and edits for Reckoning, a magazine of creative writing and environmental justice. They are the author of three chapbooks of poetry, most recently Dogwitch (2025).

Light refreshments will be served. 

This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library.