Category: Poetry
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The Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series Presents Charlyn Brownskin & Elliott batTzedek
Wednesday, November 16, 7pm – Multi-Genre The Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series Presents Charlyn Brownskin & Elliott batTzedek Charlyn (Charly Honey Brownskin) Griffith is a multi-media fine/visual and performance artist who owns and operates several growing businesses including Sanctuary Wholistic Arts, Flowers of the Ancestors Indigenous Arts and Sciences Academy, and Honey Tree (wellness…
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Katie Ford, Jamaal May, Seth Pollins & Iain Haley Pollock
Saturday, November 12, 7pm – Poetry Katie Ford, Jamaal May, Seth Pollins & Iain Haley Pollock Katie Ford is the author of Deposition and Colosseum. She is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Larry Levis Reading Award. Colosseum was named a “Best Book of 2008” by Publishers Weekly and one of the…
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Many Mountains Moving Presents Rebecca Foust, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Frank Sherlock
Wednesday, November 9, 6pm – Poetry Many Mountains Moving Presents Rebecca Foust, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Frank Sherlock Rebecca Foust is a native of Pennsylvania and is visiting us tonight from her home in northern California. Her first full-length book, All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song, won the Many Mountains Moving Book Prize and was a finalist…
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Moonstone Poetry Series Presents
Tuesday, November 8, 7pm – Poetry Moonstone Poetry Series Presents
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Anne-Adele Wight author of Sidestep Catapult
Saturday, November 5, 2pm – Poetry Anne-Adele Wight author of Sidestep Catapult Anne-Adele Wight lives in Philadelphia, works with the series Poets and Prophets, and writes as much as she can. She has written two chapbooks and some indefinable constructions. Her new book, Sidestep Catapult, was published recently by BlazeVOX [books]. She is worried about…
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Chronic Chronos Kairos Release Party
Friday, November 4, 7pm – Poetry Chronic Chronos Kairos Release Party With Courtney Bambrick, JenMarie Davis, Nick Gettino, Jacob Russell Courtney K. Bambrick is the poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as Apiary, Certain Circuits, Dirty Napkin, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, and the Schuylkill Valley…
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Josh Rolnick & Lee Klein
Thursday, November 3, 7pm – Fiction Josh Rolnick & Lee Klein Lee Klein’s writing has appeared in Agni, The Best American Non-Required Reading 2007, The Black Warrior Review, Canteen, Swink, Barrelhouse, Hobart, Pindeldyboz, and other sites, journals, and anthologies from indie presses and megapublishers alike. He’s also edited the semi-literary site eyeshot.net since 1999, and…
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Lives of Poetry
Saturday, October 22, 2pm – Memoirs Lives of Poetry In this second edition of collected memoirs, learners from the YMCA Education and Technology Center invite readers to glimpse the worlds they inhabit and the experiences they carry. They reveal their aspirations and commitments, and the strength through which they survive. Lives of Poetry tells of…
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MPS: KIRAAT & Ray Brown
Tuesday, October 25, 7pm – Poetry The Moonstone Poetry Series Presents Kiraat & Ray Brown KIRAAT. This is the pseudonym chosen by Anthony James William, Jr. to write and publish his poetry. It is an acronym for Keeping It Real At All Time. Anthony was born in Philadelphia but received his early education in Virginia.…