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Book Release Party: John Wall Barger’s “Resurrection Fail” with Savannah Cooper-Ramsey, Ernest Hilbert, Warren C Longmire, Glorious Piner, Luke Stromberg

Book Release Party for John Wall Barger’s “Resurrection Fail” Featuring readings from Savannah Cooper-Ramsey, Ernest Hilbert, Warren C Longmire, Glorious Piner, Luke Stromberg, hosted by Fayyaz Vellani 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register for the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86880897372?pwd=WXhNc3NSREpLZnZrQnpSQmp0cDNQZz09   John Wall Barger is the author of Pain-proof Men; Hummingbird; The Book of Festus; […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: David R. Slavitt

  Registration Required, register at:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodOuoqDIjH9L0yqjhYo_jLZzXejq83PCT Virtual poetry reading with David R. Slavitt.   David R. Slavitt’s new book is Opus Posthumous and Other Poems (19.95, LSU Press 978-0807175668). He is a poet, novelist, critic, and author of more than  130 works of literature, in styles ranging from dramatic translations to pulp fiction. His new […]

PhillyCAM Interview and Reading Series: Daniel Simpson with Charles S. Carr

PhillyCAM and Moonstone present Daniel Simpson in conversation with Charles S. Carr Watch the live broadcast: Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV: https://phillycam.org/watch   In 2017, Daniel Simpson and his wife, Ona Gritz, collaborated on two books, as co-authors of Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems and as co-editors […]

Live Poetry Reading: Eduardo C. Corral, Cameron MacKenzie, Spencer Short, with John Wall Barger

Live Poetry Reading with Eduardo C. Corral, Cameron MacKenzie, and Spencer Short, hosted by John Wall Barger Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-mgpzwpHdZZB3CAIOVCXQ-8utbL0yWr   Eduardo C. Corral, author of Slow Lightning, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize  and Guillotine. Praised for his seamless blending of English and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Daniel Biegelson, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Lisa Grunberger, Alicia Jo Rabins

Virtual Poetry Reading with Daniel Biegelson, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Lisa Grunberger, Alicia Jo Rabins Split at the Root: Jewish Writers Wrestle with Parenthood, Politics, and Memory   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146   Daniel Biegelson is the author of the book of being neighbors (Ricochet Editions) and the chapbook Only the […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Christian Andres Alfaro De La Rosa, Paul Buchanan, Reuben Gelley Newman, Nicole Liu, Yi Wei, with Nathalie Anderson

Virtual Poetry Reading: Poets in Their Youth Featuring Christian Andres Alfaro De La Rosa, Paul Buchanan, Reuben Gelley Newman, Nicole Liu, and Yi Wei, hosted by Nathalie Anderson   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102   Christian Andres Alfaro De La Rosa (he/him) is a first generation, Mexican/Chicano writer based out of his […]

Live Book Release: Open Source – Warren C. Longmire, with Sean Lynch

Live Book Release: Open Source by Warren C. Longmire, hosted by Sean Lynch Wednesday December 15, 2021 – 7pm  Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-mgpzwpHdZZB3CAIOVCXQ-8utbL0yWr   “OPEN SOURCE is a book we’ve been waiting for in Philly, from a poet who can sing its songs through smog and shame with […]

POSTPONED: Serotonin Marathon Virtual Reading

Serotonin Marathon Virtual Reading POSTPONED until further notice Serotonin is partnering with Moonstone Arts Center for a mental illness marathon poetry reading over Zoom. Neurodivergent readers from around the world will share their work on how they live with their mental illnesses. Readers include Sean Lynch, Raye Hendrix, Thomas Nuhfer, Kika Man, Cleo, Lemmy Ya’akova, […]

Live Poetry Reading: Lynn Levin, Jim Mancinelli, Elijah B. Pringle III

Live Poetry Reading with Lynn Levin, Jim Mancinelli, and Elijah B. Pringle III   1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-mgpzwpHdZZB3CAIOVCXQ-8utbL0yWr   Lynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection, The Minor Virtues  is listed as one of Spring 2020’s best books by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Poet Ross Gay calls the book “a lovely honoring of the small, the minor […]

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Siduri Beckman

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Siduri Beckman Join us at Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia for an interview and reading by Siduri Beckman! Siduri Beckman is a lifelong Philadelphian. She served as the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia where she was mentored by Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez. She was published most recently in MSU Press’s […]