Thurs. Dec. 21

You're going to pick up a calendar or two, right, as the New Year approaches? You don't really want to hang up that tacky one the insurance company sent, do you? Well, there's lots of choices - many of them gag-filled - but why not take a turn for the serious this year and pick up "Poetry Calendar 2007." David Barber, poetry editor for the Atlantic, poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Lloyd Schwartz and six others of that ilk will be at the Brookline Booksmith Thursday Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. We're guessing they'll be sharing some of their work and touting that calendar. Free. (In that mammoth photo: Pinsky.)

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