Wednesday August 13, 2025  7pm- LIVE

Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

 Shaina Clingempeel, author of in the homes that house my history, is a Philly-based poet and the owner of a small book editing business (Cypress Editorial) and literary magazine (Cypress Review). Her poems can be found in Coffin Bell, The Passionfruit Review, The Rupture, and many other places. She has a poetry MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Follow @cypresseditorial (IG, TikTok) for updates on her work and more.

Jacqueline Jewell, author of Lady Arab, is a poet, college professor, EMMY Award-winning journalist, mother, and activist. A Philadelphia area native and proud daughter of an immigrant, Jacqueline uses her poetry to amplify underrepresented and discounted voices. She has won the first-ever “Share Your Voices” award, a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Contest, in honor of Black History Month at Rosemont College. Jacqueline’s poetry collection, Lady Arab, is based on a true story of her grandmother surviving genocide, her mother escaping war, and Jacqueline’s own experience with racism and misogyny as a young woman of color. The three Arab women represented in Jacqueline’s collection is more than just her family’s story, it’s the story of every Arab woman stripped of their rights, suffering from a world that has forsaken them.

Warren C. Longmire is a writer, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is author of Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop and you can find his work in journals including Action, Spectacle, R&R, and the American Poetry Review as well as in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2021 Anthology and A Black Philadelphia Reader. He is the former contributing editor for Apiary Magazine, the host of House Poet: Spoken Word Dance Party and the founder of _mixlit, has been a CUPSI grand slam and NPS group piece finalist, coached the Philly Pigeon and Fuze Slam Team, and has performed in venues including the Kimmel Center, The Nuyorican Poetry Cafe. Warren is currently attending the Iowa Writer’s Workshop pursuing a master’s degree in Poetry.

Lynda Gene Rymond, author of Spellbook, a member of Dr. Christopher Bursk’s Masters Poetry Workshop and is a multi-year finalist/runner-up for Bucks County Poet Laureate. Her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, she authored the children’s books The Village of Basketeers and Oscar & the Mooncats . Lynda Gene lives and works on Goblin Farm in Applebachsville, Pa, and is the creator of the online Words Come Easy writing workshops.

Open reading follows