Vasiliki Argyris looks for the threads that bind history, poetry, and walking the earth. Her work can be found in Voicemail Poems, Pamphilet, and Works & Days. William Lessard writing has appeared in American Poetry Review, McSweeney’s, and others, he is the Poetry & Hybrids editor at Heavy Feather Review.
Live Poetry: Michael J. Ivory Jr., Matthew Kosinski, & Mattie Phrances McDonald Wednesday July 1, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Michael J. Ivory, Jr. is a Worker of the Word — in other words, a writer. A Miami, FL-native, he currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the queer son of […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with Jim Timpane Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM Watch on the PhillyCAM website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. John Timpane was a professor and lecturer in English, first at Rutgers University and later at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. In 1997 The Philadelphia Inquirer, hired him […]
Live Poetry: Jessica Buten, Caroline Furr, Ben Saff, Abby Minor & Amy Thatcher Wednesday July 15, 2026 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Jessica Buten is a poet from Bucks County. Caroline Furr has a decades long history in painting, sculpture, interior and surface design, gallery and museum work. At this less […]
Censorship: A Panel Discussion with Larry Robin, Ernest Hilbert, & Keith Kopka Sat, July 18, 2026 @ 2:00 P.M. Rare Book Department at Parkway Central Library Cost: FREEElkins Library, 3rd FloorA discussion on censorship with Larry Robin, Director of Moonstone Arts Center and former owner of Robin’s Book Store, which was the Philadelphia defendant in the Tropic […]
Live Poetry: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, Nycir Keen, & Charles O’Hay Wednesday July 22, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Jane-Rebecca Cannarella is the author of Better Bones and Marrow; as well as an editor at HOOT Review, a former genre editor at Lunch Ticket, and a sometimes contributor at SSG […]
House Poet Presents: Juniper Danger & Thalia Geiger Wednesday July 29, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Juniper Danger is a Philly based queer poet and science teacher. She loves filling her house with people and those people with soup. You can find her work in Collide Zine and […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with David Livewell Tuesday, August 4, 2026 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Watch live on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 David Livewell was raised in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia. He won the 2012 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his first book, Shackamaxon. […]
Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty Wednesday August 5, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Stevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review. Mike Jurkovic, 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. President Calling All Poets Series. […]
VIRTUAL EVENT – National Book Lovers Day Book Lovers Day is celebrated on the 9th of August every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Book Lovers […]
