Moonstone Presents:

elijah b pringle, III, Jonathan Koven, joe roarty, and George Schaefer
Wednesday October 18, 2023 @ 7pm
Live at Fergie’s Pub @1214 Sansom St. 

1214 Sansom Street and on zoom

On Zoom (Registration required):

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elijah b pringle, III is an internationally published American poet from Philadelphia, PA.  His works appears in several international anthology: Compagnia de’ Colombari’s Whitman on Walls, 99 Poets for the 99 Percent, Selfhood, Moonstone Poetry Ink 25th Anniversary Anthology, and Aquarius Press critical acclaimed anthology on the continuation of the Black Arts Movement – Black Fire This Time. Overall, he has appeared in nearly 40 anthologies and journals since the turn of this century.  Constantly evolving and exploring, he has maintained a voice that consistently reveals his keen insight into the “human experiment”, as he would say

Jonathan Koven grew up on Long Island, NY. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from American University, works as a technical writer, and reads chapbooks for Moonstone Arts. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Delana, and their cats Peanut Butter and Keebler. He has had both fiction and poetry published, by Assure Press, Animal Heart Press, Thirty

West Publishing, and more. Jonathan’s poetry chapbook Palm Lines (Toho) released in 2020. His fiction debut Below Torrential Hill (EE) released in 2021, a winner of the Electric Eclectic Novella Prize. His forthcoming poetry collection Mystic Orchards releases this fall from Kelsay Books.

joe roarty written & read poetry in Chgo, New York & Philadelphia-he has 2 chapbooks including MORITAT published by Moonstone Press-this year his first full length collection SHOWTUNES was brought out by Iniquity/Vendetta Press

George Schaefer is a Philly born poet, philosopher and prankster,  He started writing poetry in high school in a ill fated attempt to impress girls.  It didn’t work so he kept writing and trying to hone the craft.  Over 4 decades later, he’s still writing and trying to make sense of the world

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