Moonstone Poetry Reading with Alexander Khan, Claire Palmer, John Tom Raczkowski & China Rain

LIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.

Wednesday November 9 @ 7:30PM

Event will be streamed via Zoom. Registration Required– Register Here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOurqT8tEtfqB8TkrAAoNrx3q7OUGbv8

Alexander Khan is a creative writing student at the University of the Arts. As a queer person, his writing focuses on the link between queerness, mental health, and family. He was first published in 3rd grade in a national book focused on poems about bullying. 

Claire Palmer is a 21-year-old writer, poet, & philosopher based in Philadelphia. Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, she currently attends The University of the Arts as a senior in the Creative Writing program. Drawing from magical realism & pagan folklore, her artistic style also sources inspiration from political history & dialogic language. Motifs of ancestry, karma, & free will often can be found in her work. Find Claire on Instagram @cklayre. 

John Tom Raczkowski is the Senior Editor and Coordinator for University of the Art’s annual magazine Underground Pool, responsible for publishing student driven works as well as hosting events and open mics for students. He is also a consistent Review Writer for Publisher’s Weekly. He reads and writes poetry in his spare time.

China Rain is a writer and mixed media artist living in Philadelphia, inhabiting a 24-year-old body in its last year at the Universtiy of the Arts. 

She likes long walks and feeding birds, you can find their work in the newest issue of Prolit Magazine, Prose online, and elsewhere at @china_rainnn on instagram. 

John Wall Barger, Host – Open Reading Follows