Wednesday February 7, 2024 – 7pm -LIVE

Live at Fergie’s Pub – 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom

OR on Zoom (Registration Required): 

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Emiliano Martín is Spanish born and an advocate of the spoken word, he is the founder of Philadelphia Poetry Forum for the NE Regional Public Library. Past President of Pennsylvania Poetry Society (PPS, Inc) has also served as the Executive Director of Latin American Guild for the Arts (LAGA) in Philadelphia. Author of more than a dozen books of Poetry, like “Selected Bilingual Poems” (2023), at this time he is proud to introduce… his latest title: “Songs out of the Drawer” (2024). Martín is a longtime resident in the Philadelphia area and his verse keeps moving on.

Diane McManus teaches in the English Department of Community College of Philadelphia as an adjunct, writes, swims (including marathon swims), and reflects on the colors of rivers. Her poetry has appeared in Listening Eye, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, and in two Moonstone anthologies: the 26th Anniversary Poetry Ink, as well as The Struggle for Liberty.

Keith Woodrow studied Classics at the University of Southern California, focusing on queer Roman poetry. He has been published in New York Quarterly, Moonstone Arts Center Annual Poetry Ink, and River River Journal. He was also a Brooklyn Poets Yawp Poet of the Month.

Robert Zaller is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Drexel University.  Poet, critic, and historian, his books of verse include Speaking to Power and The Dresden Zoo, both published by Moonstone Press.

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