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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Grady Chambers\, Lynne Shapiro
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Grady Chambers\, Lynne Shapiro\nWednesday May 25\, 2022 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeuopjMiGdy_NWWqt0nufO2NwbPVx \nGrady Chambers is the author of North American Stadiums (Milkweed Editions\, 2018). His poems have recently appeared in The Paris Review\, American Poetry Review\, Ploughshares\, The Sun\, and elsewhere. He lives in Philadelphia\, and his writing can be found online at gradychambers.com \n  \n  \n \nLynne Shapiro is a poet and essayist living in Hoboken\, New Jersey. Originally from Ozone Park\, Queens\, Lynne grew up in Culver City\, California. She studied Comparative Literature at San Diego State and earned an MA from Brandeis University. She has been on the faculty of Parsons School of Design/The New School and Hudson County Community College in New Jersey and worked for over a decade at The Whitney Museum of American Art. She is the author of two poetry collections\, To Set Right (WordTech Editions) and Gala (Solitude Hill Press). https://www.lynneshapiropoet.com \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-grady-chambers-lynne-shapiro/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: Omowole Jesse N. Alexander\,  Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III)\, Shakeema Smalls
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Event: Omowole Jesse N. Alexander\, Shakeema Smalls\nSunday May 22\, 2022 – 2pm \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tf-2trT4vGN0OaXwq5nWShZLwqTdgLBnJ \n Omowole Jesse N. Alexander is a son of Jesse\, patriarch of the Alexander clan\, leader\, organizer\, Raceman\, and Maude Anna\, Griot\, visionary artist\, poet\, muse\, teacher\, Ancestor. He lives on Piscataway land in Maryland. “We are a stolen but thriving people\, living on stolen land.” His poetry has won second place in the First Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Zero Hunger in the First World Food Day 2018 Contest\, and placed as a finalist in the 1999 Paterson Literary Review’s Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest. He has been featured at Grace Cavalieri’s The Poet and the Poem 2020-21 Series\, Words out Loud Virtual Reading\, Evil Grin\, the Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church’s Annual Poetry Service\, The Knitting Factory\, Groove Drops\, and the Sumei Multidisciplinary Center. His work has appeared in Remembering Amiri Baraka\, Free Black Space: Content and Code for those Living in the Black\, Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora\, Sojourners Magazine\, The Drumming Between Us: Black Love & Erotic Poetry\, and Drumvoices Revue: A Confluence of Literary\, Cultural & Vision Arts. \n  \n \nBro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) is a poet and non-fiction writer\, author of One Shoe Marching Towards Heaven\, published in Crab Orchard Review\, African-American Review\, Ploughshares\, Beltway Quarterly\, and other journals.  He teaches at Bowie State University. \n  \n  \n \nShakeema Smalls is from Georgetown\, South Carolina. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets including Blackberry: A Magazine\, Tidal Basin Review\, The Fem\, Radius Lit\, Free Black Space\, The Pittsburgh Poetry Review\, Vinyl Poetry and Prose\, and Rigorous\, among others.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-event-omowole-jesse-n-alexander-shakeema-smalls/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices Spring 2022
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices Spring 2022\nSaturday May 21\, 2022– 2pm EST \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcuitqTooGdwfpzt7nCg8xrIqo7F7spOJ \n  \nNew Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nUs humans tend to narrow our audience and present to others in our schools or poetry groups. Moonstone’s objective is to expand your audience\, introduce you to others who share your interest in poetry but live in different communities and go to different schools. Each month we present three poets from different communities followed by an open reading. We are still virtual on zoom. In addition to monthly readings we publish a New Voices anthology twice a year\, once in spring and once in fall\, and have a reading from the anthology. This is an on-going project so please send us your poems. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-new-voices-spring-2022/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Event: Tonita Austin\, Sibelan Forrester\, Alison Lubar
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Event: Tonita Austin\, Sibelan Forrester\, Alison Lubar\nWednesday May 18\, 2022 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudOCrpjovE9JWt5KotUx73STwYpTOT0og \n \nTonita Austin also known as “Toni Love” is a gifted poet\, singer\, activist\, and writer born in West Philadelphia. While attending Columbia University\, Tonita was a student of Amiri Baraka and performed in Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls” as the Lady in Orange. Her writing is influenced by both experiences. She is a contributor to the anthology The Black Body and featured poet in the 2018 and 2020 Winter/Fall edition of the Philadelphia Arts and Urban Literary magazine. The Restoration EP is her first published recording; Toni’s Room is her first published book. Toni currently resides in Media\, PA with her two children James and Janai. \n \nSibelan Forrester is a poet and translator who grew up in Colorado but now lives in the Philadelphia suburbs. She has published translations of fiction\, poetry and scholarly prose from Croatian\, Russian and Serbian\, and of poetry from Ukrainian\, and her book of poetry SECOND HAND FATE was published in 2016 by Parnilis Media. She is the host of the Mad Poets Society’s First Wednesday reading series. In her day job she teaches at Swarthmore College. \n  \n \nAlison Lubar teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer\, nonbinary femme of color whose life work (aside from wordsmithing) has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices\, and sometimes even poetry\, to young people. Their debut chapbook\, Philosophers Know Nothing About Love\, is forthcoming with Thirty \nWest Publishing in May 2022. Most recently\, their work has been published by or is forthcoming with Moonstone Press\, New York Quarterly\, and Sinister Wisdom.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-event-tonita-austin-sibelan-forrester-alison-lubar/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Jazz and Finnegans Wake: Jam Session
DESCRIPTION:Jazz and Finnegans Wake: Jam Session\nSunday May 15\, 2022 – 5 pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub & Online \n1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqceusqj8jHNTEJbA47-4Q57xV7jsy66bq \n  \nCome witness the Jazz Experiment of the Ages! \nHorns and Drums and Arms and Lungs will be Jamming the Lyrical\, Witty\, Rollicking novel by James Joyce into an Open Jazz Rendition in the style of Cecil Taylor. \nFeaturing: Neal Kosaly-Meyer (Composer-Performer); Lilia Federico (Vocalist); Fiona Bolger (Poet via Satellite); Justin Deutsch (Bass); Elijah B. Pringle\, III (Poet); and John Lavin (Percussion) and Special Guests. \n“O tell me all about Anna Livia! I want to hear all about Anna Livia. Well\, you know Anna Livia? Yes\, of course\, we all know Anna Livia. Tell me all . . .” – James Joyce \nThis performance will also be staged at the International James Joyce Festival in Dublin in June 2022 \nCome Join the Chorus!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/jazz-and-finnegans-wake-jam-session/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Terence Culleton\, Emiliano Martin\, Anne-Adele Wight
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Terence Culleton\, Emiliano Martin\, Anne-Adele Wight\nWednesday May 11\, 2022 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub  \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdO6tqD4qGNGb2JxU8ATv4mRIoTmU3fFu \n  \nTerence Culleton has published several collections of formally crafted narrative and lyric poems\, including A Communion of Saints and Eternal Life. His most recent book\, A Tree and Gone is a collection of formal English sonnets\, many of which have appeared in journals and anthologies and/or been short-listed in sonnet contests. A Tree and Gone was recently included in the New York Review of Books Small Press Releases.  A two-time Pushcart nominee\, Mr. Culleton has had work featured on NPR\, and he reads widely throughout the Philadelphia and New York areas. Several of his poems have been set to music by Vermont composer Don Jamison\, as well as jazz clarinetist Darryl Harper and his ensemble Onus. \n  \n \nEmiliano Martin\, Spanish born and long time resident of Bucks County\, PA.\, is the founder and former director of Philadelphia Poetry Forum and past president of the Latin American Guild for the Arts. Currently and since 2018\, he is president of Pennsylvania Poetry Society. He has authored over a dozen titles of poetry (and prose)\, besides having been published in Mad Poets Review\, Philadelphia Poets\, The Lite Fuuse\, S.V. Journal\, US 1\, The Swarthmorean\, and other Spanish language publications in Spain\, such as Mizares and Marejadas. Author of “Footprints of Spain in Philadelphia” (2020)\, his latest book of poems is “Caught Between Layers.” \n  \n \nAnne-Adele Wight is the author of An Internet of Containment\, The Age of Greenhouses\, Opera House Arterial\, and Sidestep Catapult\, all from BlazeVOX. For four years she curated the multi-genre performance series Jubilant Thicket. Her work has been published internationally in print and online and includes appearances in Luna Luna\, Apiary\, Bedfellows\, Oz Burp\, Have Your Chill\, and Read On 2. She lives and writes in Philadelphia. \n  \n  \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-terence-culleton-emiliano-martin-anne-adele-wight/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220508T140000
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SUMMARY:Remembering Thomas Kinsella
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Thomas Kinsella\nSunday May 8\, 2022 – 2pm \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApf-GpqTwpE9QBzsJ92os8X53FdKo3E0zv \n  \nThomas Kinsella (4 May 1928 – 22 December 2021) was an Irish poet\, translator\, editor\, and publisher. \nHe began publishing poetry in the early 1950s and\, around the same time\, translated early Irish poetry into English. In the 1960s\, he moved to the United States to teach English at universities including Temple University\, where he started Temple’s Irish studies program. \nHis sensitive lyrics deal with primal aspects of the human experience\, often in a specifically Irish context. He began serving in the Irish civil service in 1946\, and in the early 1950s he met Liam Miller\, the founder of the Doleman Press\, which published much of Kinsella’s poetry beginning in 1952. In 1965 he left the Irish civil service and took a position as a writer in residence at Southern Illinois University in 1965 and at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1970. \nKinsella founded his own publishing company\, the Peppercanister Press\, in Dublin in 1972\, which allowed him to publish pamphlets and individual poems in limited editions without relying on submissions to journals or magazines. Kinsella’s first poem to be published through his press was Butcher’s Dozen about Bloody Sunday\, in which 13 demonstrators were killed by British troops in Londonderry (Derry)\, Northern Ireland\, and the ensuing tribunal. Numerous collections of Kinsella’s poems were released\, including Collected Poems\, 1956–2000)\, Selected Poems\, Fat Master\, and Late Poems; the latter was published by Carcanet Press\, which released several of his works in the early 21st century.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-thomas-kinsella/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Memorial,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220504T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Jacob L. Camacho\, Gina Myers\, Ryan Eckes
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Jacob L. Camacho\, Gina Myers\, Ryan Eckes\nWednesday May 4\, 2022 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrf-uorzosHdZJNPRXR3kPUT25I8ohQknW \n  \nJacob L. Camacho is a CHamoru writer\, educator\, and activist born and raised in Guahan (Guam)\, of Islas Marianas. He received his Creative Writing MFA from Rutgers University\, Camden. He is an alumni of The University of Guam and UCLA’s Extension Writers Program. Currently\, he is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stockton University\, a writer for Philadelphia’s TrailOff and co-founder of the Move Mountains Project 501(c)(3) in San Luis\, Colorado. His stories and poems have been featured in University of Guam’s Storyboard\, University of Hawai’i’s Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia and Philadelphia’s MadHouse Magazine. \n  \n \nGina Myers‘ latest book\, Some of the Times\, was published by Barrelhouse in October 2020. She is the author of two other full-length poetry collections\, A Model Year (2009) and Hold It Down (2013)\, as well as several chapbooks. In addition to poetry\, she has published essays\, reviews\, and articles for a variety of publications\, including Hyperallergic\, Frontier Psychiatrist\, Fanzine\, The Rumpus\, and The Poetry Project Newsletter. Originally from Saginaw\, MI\, she lives in Philadelphia\, PA\, where she co-edits the tiny with Emma Brown Sanders. \n  \n  \n \nRyan Eckes is a poet from Philadelphia. His most recent books\, General Motors\, Fine Nothing and Wet Money\, are out of print but can be downloaded for free from Internet Archive. His work can also be read in Protean Magazine\, Prolit\, Wax Nine Journal and elsewhere. He edits Radiator Press. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-jacob-l-camacho-gina-myers-ryan-eckes/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Katie Ford
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Katie Ford\nTuesday May 3\, 2022\, 6:30pm – VIRTUAL \n699 Ranstead Street \nComcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 in Philadelphia. \n2022 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \n  \nKatie Ford is the author of four books of poems: Deposition; Colosseum; Blood Lyrics; and If You Have to Go. Blood Lyrics was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and the Rilke Prize. Colosseum was named among the “Best Books of 2008” by Publishers Weekly and the Virginia Quarterly Review and led to a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Larry Levis Prize. International invitations to read and lecture include festivals in Tunis\, Morocco\, Oslo\, and Stockholm. She has taught poetry and creative writing for nineteen years around the country–at Loyola University New Orleans\, Reed College\, Franklin & Marshall College\, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival\, the Community of Writers\, and at numerous festivals and residencies. She teaches at the University of California\, Riverside. New work\, “Estrangement\,” will be featured in the May/June issue of Philadelphia’s American Poetry Review. Katie lived in Philadelphia from 2007-2014 and holds it dear as the city in which her daughter was born. \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-phillycam-katie-ford/
LOCATION:699 Ranstead Street\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: International Worker's Day
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Event: International Worker’s Day\nSunday May 1\, 2022 – 2 pm -VIRTUAL – International Workers’ Day (Labor Day\, May 1) \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf–qrT0pGtX7GFWtGu2R5kGRSju8bauy \n  \nInternational Workers’ Day\, also known as Labor Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day\, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor movement and occurs every year on May Day (1 May). Though it’s celebrated internationally\, Labor Day originated in the United States and has its roots in the rise of trade unions in 19th century Chicago\, their hard-fought battle for workers’ rights\, and the fight for the eight-hour workday. International Workers’ Day was officially recognized in 1889 at the first International Socialist Congress in Paris to commemorate the Haymarket Affair—a bloody confrontation between striking union workers and Chicago police in 1886.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-event-international-workers-day/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220427T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Alicia Askenase\, Julia Blumenreich
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Alicia Askenase\, Julia Blumenreich\n  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOqpqT8oEt0RnjqPfwJgqoS46VZuKs6W \nAlicia Askenase is the author of The Luxury of Pathos (Texture Press) and Shirley Shirley (sonaweb) and a few chaplets. She was a co-founding editor of the literary journal 6ix\, and Literary Curator of the Walt Whitman Art Center for many years. Her poetry has appeared in the anthologies: New Work by Philadelphia Poets\, Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets\, Second Edition\, Art Through the Eyes of Mad Poets\, An Ekphrastic Poetry Collection\, and others. Her writing has also appeared in literary journals such as: Chain\, editions #2 and #12\, Poetry New York\, The World\, Feminist Studies\, and The Journal of Modern Languages. Recent publications include The Manhattanville Review\, The Painted Bride Quarterly http://pbqmag.org/issue-100/\, with new work forthcoming in spring 2022 from the Paterson Literary Review. \nJulia Blumenreich\, author of Meeting Tessie\, Artificial Memory\, Blue Angel of a Day and The What of Underfoot\, is a poet who is in her 25th year of teaching 4th grade at Germantown Academy. She is a recipient of a PCA grant and a finalist for the 2016 Brittany Noakes Poetry Award. In 2012\, she collaborated with the visual artist\, Wendy Osterweil\, on ‘Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott’ a poetry/ sculptural installation/print show at The Painted Bride Art Center. Four of her poems have been set to music composed by Kyle Smith and were performed as part of “Lyric Fest” in 2014. Her recent work has been published in “The Whirlwind Review\, “Philadelphia Stories\,” and in “An Anthology of Philadelphia Poets\,” edited by Valerie Fox and translated into Romanian by Daniel Dragomirescu. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-alicia-askenase-julia-blumenreic/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220424T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: Earth Day
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Event: Earth Day\nSunday April 24\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRUAL – Earth Day (April 22\, 2022) \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kceGuqj4rE9BYdBT7P4IXS-2P4v93SRNJ \n \nWhat world are you inheriting? What world are we passing on? \nFirst held on April 22\, 1970\, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org (including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The first Earth Day was focused on the United States. In 1990 it went international with events in 141 nations. On Earth Day 2016\, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States\, the United Kingdom\, China\, and 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-event-earth-day/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Quincy Scott Jones\, Marci Blackman\, Sarah Gambito\, D. Nurkse\, Bushra Rehman\, Yolanda Wisher
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Quincy Scott Jones\, Marci Blackman\, Sarah Gambito\, D. Nurkse\, Bushra Rehman\, Yolanda Wisher\nThursday April 21\, 2022 – 7pm – VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlc-usqjwuGteb-36iCgphT76_l9ZkiKT9 \n  \nJoin us for a night celebrating poetry and Quincy Scott Jones’ new-ish book How to Kill Yourself Instead of Your Children\, a meditation on racial violence and the prospect of raising Black and Brown children in a world that doesn’t care for Black or Brown (or children). \n  \nQuincy Scott Jones is the author of two books of poetry: The T-Bone Series (Whirlwind Press\, 2009) and How to KillYourself Instead of Your Children (C&R Press\, 2021). His work has appeared in the African American Review\, The North American Review\, the Bellingham Review\, Love Jawns: A Mixtape\, and The Feminist Wire. With Nina Sharma he co-curates Blackshop\, a column that thinks about allyship between BIPOC artist. His graphic narrative\, >BlackNerd<\, is in the works. \n  \n \nMarci Blackman is the author of the novels\, PO MAN’S CHILD\, recipient of the ALA’s Stonewall Award for Best Fiction\, and TRADITION\, noted in Band of Thebes as one of the Best LGBTQ Books of the year. Blackman’s third novel\, ELEPHANT\, is forthcoming. \n  \n  \n \nSarah Gambito is Professor of English / Director of Creative Writing at Fordham University and co-founder of Kundiman\, a non-profit organization serving writers and readers of Asian American literature. \n  \n  \n \nD. Nurkse is the author of twelve poetry collections\, most recently A COUNTRY OF STRANGERS\, just out from Knopf. A former Brooklyn poet laureate\, he taught poetry at Rikers Island and served on the board of Amnesty International-USA. He currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. \n  \n  \n \nBushra Rehman is a writer and cultural activist\, author of Corona\, a dark comedy about being Muslim and her collection of poems\, Marianna’s Beauty Salon. She is creator of the community-based writing workshop Two Truths and a Lie: Writing Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction. \n  \n  \n \nPoet\, singer\, educator\, and curator Yolanda Wisher is author of Monk Eats an Afro and co-editor of the anthology Peace is a Haiku Song. Wisher was named Poet Laureate of Montgomery County and third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. A Pew and Cave Canem Fellow\, Wisher received the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award\, works as Curator of Spoken Word and Co-Director of Curatorial Programs at Philadelphia Contemporary. She performs a blend of poetry and song with her band Yolanda Wisher & The Afroeaters.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-quincy-scott-jones-marci-blackman-sarah-gambito-d-nurkse-bushra-rehman-yolanda-wisher/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220417T170000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: International Haiku Day
DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 17\, 2pm – VIRTUAL – International Haiku Day   \nRegistration Required\, Registration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdOCsqzkjGtNEuH75LhkFaTTLV7PkKZyV \n \nThe old pond\, A frog jumps in\, Plop! \nMatsuo Basho (1644-1694) – Translated by Allan Watts \nThe Old Pond may be the most famous of all haiku \n“Haiku is an important form of creative expression because it distills language down to the essentials: observation\, interpretation\, and communication. It asks both the reader and the writer to look and search inward and outward.” Sean Lynch\, Program Director of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association and Writers House in Camden\, NJ. \nReading from the contributors to Haiku 2022 \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/17299/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220416T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Maura Gallagher\, Isabella Piacentino\, Vriddhi Vinay
DESCRIPTION:Saturday April 16\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL – New Voices: Emerging Poets  \nRegistration Required\, Registration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqcOCrrTgpH9eHzx8FFy7kTWkpF7osbsal \nNew Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25.  \n \n  \nMaura Gallagher\, a freshman at Villa Maria Academy High School\, where she contributes to the school literary magazine. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nIsabella Piacentino\, from South Philadelphia\, studying to be a high school English teacher. When she is not writing poetry\, she is arguing with her conservative family members about. \n  \n  \n \n  \nVriddhi Vinay\, is a poet of South Indian background\, who loves the intersection of academia\, erotica\, and poetics that she represents in her work. Larry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-maura-gallagher-isabella-piacentino-vriddhi-vinay/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220413T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: W.D. Ehrhart\, Lynn Levin\, Amber Renee
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: W.D. Ehrhart\, Lynn Levin\, Amber Renee\n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucuCgqzIuH9yFuMAp-FO6iL9rBOqligPl \n  \nD. Ehrhart began writing when he was 15 years old and has been writing ever since. Eight of his poems were included in Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans (1972) and 24 books have followed. His Passing Time: Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War (revised) is due shortly. Exclusively a poet until he was almost 30\, he has since written and published a wide variety of nonfiction prose from 400-word newspaper commentaries to 40-page scholarly essays to 400-page personal narratives. The influence of Ehrhart’s encounter with the Vietnam War can readily be seen in his writing\, but though he is known primarily as a “Vietnam War poet\,” in fact his subject matter ranges widely. He has written essays and articles on such topics as radio disc jockeys\, tugboats on the Delaware River\, the Internal Revenue Service\, and a variety of modern and contemporary poets from William Wantling to Daniel Hoffman. His wife and daughter are major sources of inspiration for his poetry. His poems also reflect his respect for nature\, his love of friends\, his active engagement with the world around him\, and his consternation at the human condition. \nLynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection\, The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky\, 2020) 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 sweetnesses that a life is made of.” Her previous collections include Miss Plastique\, Fair Creatures of an Hour\, and Imaginarium. She is the translator\, from the Spanish\, of Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales and co-author of Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets. Her poems have appeared in Boulevard\, Artful Dodge\, Rattle\, on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac\, and other places. She teaches at Drexel University. Her website is lynnlevinpoet.com \n \nAmber Renee\, she/her\, is a chronic writer from Bucks County\, PA. Known to mix mediums\, Amber self-published a book Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode in 2016\, shortly before its musical counterpart released on SoundCloud. In January 2020 she put out a Poetry Picture book i feel like i’m nothing available online. During the pandemic lockdown\, Amber used her time to create tracks she calls “Poetry Songs.” As well\, she spent time as an editor for Serotonin Poetry; a journal of mental health by poets with mental illness. 2022 saw her first traditionally published book In memory energy by Moonstone publishing. Find her on social media @amberreneepoet \n  \n Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-w-d-ehrhart-lynn-levin-amber-renee/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Rosemary Cappello
DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 10\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL – – registration required at \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrf-CgrD8uH9ZLWJTWV627rAArWkH5IjA0 \nTribute to Rosemary Cappello \nPoet\, Writer\, Watercolorist\, Editor of “Philadelphia Poets“ \n \nRosemary Cappello is a poet\, painter\, prose writer\, community organizer\, and editor whose work has appeared in such venues as Voices in Italian Americana\, Poet Lore\, Iconoclast\, Avanti Popolo\, Sweet Lemons 2\, Schuylkill Valley Journal\, Poetry Ink\, and Autumn Sky\, to name a few. She is the author of Wonderful Disaster\, The Habit of Wishing (with Ann Menebroker and Joan Jobe Smith); The Sid Poems; and San Paride\, named for the patron saint of Teano\, Italy\, her father\, John Petracca’s native town. \n“I am passionate about many things. Poetry heads the list\, and I’ve spent a large portion of my life reading poetry\, writing it\, and presenting it to the public. However\, it’s not just my own poetry that I promote\, but that of many\, many others. I am passionate about editing and put a great deal of thought into the publication of “Philadelphia Poets”: reading submissions\, making decisions as to which poems merit publication and which poems do not. Approximately sixty poets are published in each issue of “Philadelphia Poets.”  \nNot All Contributors Will Be Reading
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tribute-to-rosemary-cappello/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Kate Carey\, Philip Dykhouse\, Massimo Elijah
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Kate Carey\, Philip Dykhouse\, Massimo Elijah\nWednesday March 16\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub  \n1214 Sansom Street – and streamed on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpdumqqz0qH9JKbFehlZlazFvB9TqUx2rx \n  \n \nKate Carey (she/her) is a fat queer polyamorous slut who sometimes spends whole days in bed crying because feelings are hard.  Through deeply personal poetry and creative nonfiction\, she touches on issues relating to trauma\, fat liberation\, mental illness and sexuality. You can find more about her at https://www.katemcarey.com/ \n  \n  \n  \n \nPhilip Dykhouse released his debut chapbook Bury Me Here in 2020. His work has appeared in Moonstone Press\, Soup Can Magazine\, everseradio.com\, Toho Journal\, and Spiral Poetry. He was the featured reader for the Dead Bards of Philadelphia at the 2018 Philadelphia Poetry Festival. Find him on Facebook at Philip Dykhouse Poetry and on Instagram @philip_dykhouse_poetry \n  \n  \n  \n \nMassimo Elijah is a spoken word poet born and raised in Philadelphia. He loves how the arts can give people freedom of expression as well as a common ground for coming together. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSean Hanrahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-kate-carey-philip-dykhouse-massimo-elijah/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Lucia Herrmann\, Nicole Liu\, George Schaefer
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Lucia Herrmann\, Nicole Liu\, George Schaefer\nWednesday March 9\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required for zoom – use this link:  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsfuurqDktGNK1pjW8ei1mSqsPb1VFpMOd \n  \n \nLucia Herrmann is an artist and educator originally from Miami\, FL who thinks a lot about her sinking city. She now lives in Philadelphia where she teaches 5th and 6th grade. Lucia has been published by APIARY\, Defunkt Magazine\, Impostor Poetry\, Toho Journal\, and has two elegies in O\, Miami’s collection Waterproof: Evidence of a Miami Worth Remembering. Poetry and performance are her passion and she believes art is the most effective means of initiating social change. \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nNicole Liu (she/her) was born in Hong Kong\, raised in Shenzhen\, and came of age in Boston. In her poems and essays\, she gravitates towards topics of miscommunication and censorship. She also likes to write about pesky suburban critters\, like badgers and opossums. Nicole graduated magna cum laude from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in English and Chinese. She is currently applying to graduate school while working as a writer\, writing instructor\, and translator. \n  \n  \n \n  \nGeorge Schaefer is a Philly born poet who started writing as a lonely teenager hoping to impress girls.  It didn’t work but it left him plenty of time to hone his craft. 4 decades later\, he still clings to the muse.  He has recently published Thru Peripheral Vision\, a collection of poems and Cannibalized Haibun\, a collection of haibun. \n  \n  \n  \nOpen Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-lucia-herrmann-nicole-liu-george-schaefer/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220306T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: International Women’s Day 2022
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: International Women’s Day 2022\nSunday March 6\, 2022 – 2pm EST  \nRegistration Required-Registration Link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdOGhrzMpH9w44h0epioF-_rK2dcB0-iI \nReadings from our new anthology\, International Women’s Day 2022 \n“Another world is not only possible\,  \nshe is on her way.  \nOn a quiet day\,  \nI can hear her breathing.” \nArundhati Roy \n  \nImagine a gender equal world. \nA world free of bias\, stereotypes\, and discrimination. \nA world that is diverse\, equitable\, and inclusive. \nA world where difference is valued and celebrated. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-international-womens-day-2022/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
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SUMMARY:Memorial Open Mic for Sandra Turner-Barnes
DESCRIPTION:Memorial Open Mic for Sandra Turner-Barnes\n  \nWednesday March 2\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub \n1214 Sansom Street and on zoom\, Registration Required for zoom – use this link:  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpfumtqTgjG9wjtw-r78pDDvf43obI0URl \n  \nJoin us for a memorial open mic poetry reading for Sandra Turner-Barnes  \n \nSandra Turner-Barnes of Lawnside — writer\, arts administrator\, and well-known poet — died Friday January 10\, 2022 at the age of 74. \nTurner-Barnes was former director of the Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission. At the time of her passing\, she served on the board of the Camden County Historical Society\, often speaking publicly to adults and students about the history of enslaved peoples of the region. \nA well-known poet\, Turner-Barnes also led several poetry series in the area. For many years\, she hosted a popular Poetry in the Park series at Hopkins House in Cooper River Park\, which helped nurture the writing careers of numerous aspiring poets. Up until last month\, she also hosted A Place in Time open-mic series at the historical society and The Poet’s House series at the IDEA Center for the Arts in Camden. \nTogether with her friend and protégé Brother Daoud Bey of Camden\, Turner-Barnes for many years administered the Arts for Teens program at Rutgers-Camden\, through her role as county cultural & heritage director. \nHer poetry community often referred to her as the Cadillac Lady\, a reference to one of her early poems and her love for the car. \nFrom Tammy Paolino\, Cherry Hill Courier-Post \n  \nSean Lynch\, Host – Open Reading  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/memorial-open-mic-for-sandra-turner-barnes/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Memorial,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T160000
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Emerging Poets with Avik Belenje\, Ryan Hiemenz\, Vriddhi Vinay
DESCRIPTION:New Voices: Emerging Poets with Avik Belenje\, Ryan Hiemenz\, Vriddhi Vinay\nSaturday February 26\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL –  \nRegistration Required:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlde6urjgiE9afmUo3Ku3FO0NBWLhLZ7C3 \nNew Voices: Emerging Poets – a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for young poets by welcoming them into the larger poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience. \n \n  \nAvik Belenje\, age 15\, has studied poetry at Poetry Power\, he has received the Silver Key from Scholastic Arts and Writing Regional Awards and four First Place Awards from California Federation of Chaparral Poets\, Inc. \n  \n  \n \n  \nRyan Hiemenz is author of Fearing Fiction\, a Junior at Arcadia University where he is involved in writing and editing in various styles. \n  \n  \nVriddhi Vinay\, of South Indian background interested in research into gender justice\, post-colonial studies\, and revolutionary South Asian histories. She loves the intersection of academia\, erotica\, and poetics that she represents in her work. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-emerging-poets-with-avik-belenje-ryan-hiemenz-vriddhi-vinay/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T210000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Nicole Greaves and Amy Small-McKinney
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Nicole Greaves and Amy Small-McKinney\nWednesday February 23\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpduisqjkjGtR_CB38zTyfRrxnOYrXoiOt \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nNicole Greaves’ poetry has appeared in numerous literary reviews and was awarded prizes by The Academy of American Poets and the Leeway Foundation. Nicole is a former poet laureate of Montgomery County. She teaches English and creative writing at the Crefeld School and her book\, Having Witnessed the Illusion\, is forthcoming with Glass Lyre Press. \n  \n  \nAmy Small-McKinney’s third chapbook\, One Day I Am A Field\, written during Covid and her husband’s death\, is forthcoming with Glass Lyre Press\, 2022. For the 2020 virtual AWP\, she co-moderated an interactive discussion\, Writing Through Grief & Loss: The Intersection of Social and Personal Grief During Covid. Her second full-length collection\, Walking Toward Cranes\, won The Kithara Book Prize 2016 (Glass Lyre Press). Small-McKinney was the 2011 Montgomery County Poet Laureate. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals\, for example\, Baltimore Review\, Pedestal Magazine\, Philadelphia Stories and SWWIM.  Her book reviews have appeared in journals\, such as Prairie Schooner and Matter\, and her poems have been translated into Korean and Romanian.  She resides in Philadelphia. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-reading-nicole-greaves-and-amy-small-mckinney/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
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SUMMARY:Readings from the 2021 Featured Poets Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Readings from the 2021 Featured Poets Anthology\nSunday February 20\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL –  \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOmpqDIqH9B0HU4JTUrRJwRTTLd4J5D6 \n \n  \n2021 was Moonstone’s busiest year ever \nWith over 130 live and virtual events \nPresenting over 300 Poets \nPlease join us \nNot all poets will be reading
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/readings-from-the-2021-featured-poets-anthology/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T190000
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CREATED:20220201T033951Z
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SUMMARY:Honoring Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Winner of the 2021 Paz Poetry Prize: Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Carlos José Pérez Sámano\, Dulce Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:Honoring Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Winner of the 2021 Paz Poetry Prize\nSaturday February 19\, 2022 – VIRTUAL \n5pm Eastern\, 2pm Pacific – On Zoom  \nRegistration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdumtqT0sE9Q3x8ulIyfbTTyX6fec3dYR \n \n  \nAlejandro Pérez-Cortés is the author of Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed\, winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry. Some poems are set in an ancient pre-Hispanic Colima; while others reflect the reality of a modern-day Colima. \n  \n  \n \n  \nCarlos José Pérez Sámano is a writer and poet who has 4 published books in Mexico. His work has been featured in anthologies in Argentina\, Spain\, the United States\, Italy\, Spain\, and India. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nDulce Ramirez directs Mighty Writers El Futuro\, a Philly-based organization focused on teaching children to think clearly through the power of writing. This has given her the perfect opportunity to help other Latinos instill in their children the love for culture. \n  \nJohn Lavin Host – Question and Answer Period and Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/honoring-alejandro-perez-cortes-winner-of-the-2021-paz-poetry-prize-alejandro-perez-cortes-carlos-jose-perez-samano-dulce-ramirez/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T190000
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SUMMARY:Readings from the Penn & Pencil Club
DESCRIPTION:Readings from the Penn & Pencil Club\nWednesday February 16\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdOmrqj0sG9I2URaQHbuEETjN8d-gIOhM \n         \n  \n  \nSponsored by University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House\, Penn & Pencil Club is a creative writing workshop for faculty and staff.  From a variety of backgrounds\, participants are writers of fiction\, literary non-fiction\, and poetry. We have among us several published writers\, and the balance are hopeful. In our bi-monthly meetings\, we are encouraging\, but not shy\, in our criticism and very supportive of one another’s writing. In addition to our critiquing sessions\, we hold annual readings at the Writers House\, take part in “Live at the Luellen Fletcher\, Amy Miller\, Holman Massey\, Alexander  O’Donnell\, John Shea\, Sam Smith\, Susan Staggs\, Wendy Washburn\, and Linda White”
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/readings-from-the-penn-pencil-club/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T210000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: Deborah Fries\, Peter F. Murphy\, Alan Toltzis
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday February 15\, 2022 – 7pm -VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuf-ugrD8iE9wZ_FJEF6q-hEEi1MohfLyw \nDeborah Fries is a Philadelphia writer and printmaker whose chapbook\, Having Visions Again\, was the 2021 Keystone selection from Seven Kitchens Press. Her two full-length books of poetry\, Various Modes of Departure\, selected by Carolyn Forche\, and The Bright Field of Everything\, were published by Kore Press. \n  \n  \nPeter F. Murphy is author of two poetry books: Maps of Three Continents and Underwater; his critical work includes three books on men and masculinity: Studs\, Tools\, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By; Fictions of Masculinity; and Feminism and Masculinities. His essays and reviews have been published in various journals.  \n  \n  \nAlan Toltzis is the author of Mercy\, Nature Lessons\, 49 Aspects of Human Emotion\, and The Last Commandment. His poems have appeared in numerous print and online publications including\, Plainsong\, Grey Sparrow\, The Wax Paper\, Black Bough Poetry\, and Anthropocene Poetry. Open Reading Follows. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-event-deborah-fries-peter-f-murphy-alan-toltzis/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T160000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
CREATED:20220130T222407Z
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SUMMARY:2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners: Charles Malone\, Kristen Holt-Browning\, Heather Lanier
DESCRIPTION:2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners\nSunday February 13\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucuyupjwvH9CGPXzKDk9CvNgFd9FZND-w \n \n  \nFirst Place: Charles Malone\, author of After an Eclipse of Moths: the Crewdson Poems \nCharles Malone is the author of Working Hypothesis\, Questions About Circulation and he edited the collection A Poetic Inventory of Rocky Mountain National Park.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nHonorable Mention: Kristen Holt-Browning author of The Only Animal Awake in the House \nKristen Holt-Browning is a freelance editor and writer. Her poems have been published in Sheila-na-Gig\, Juxtaprose\, Frontier Poetry\, and Barrow Street’s 4×2 Project\, among other publications.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nHonorable Mention: Heather Lanier author of Erasing the Book of Pregnancy \nHeather Lanier is the author of the memoir\, Raising a Rare Girl\, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice\, as well as two award-winning poetry chapbooks. Her poems have been published in journals including The Cincinnati Review\, The Sun\, and Mid-American Review. 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/2021-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners-charles-malone-kristen-holt-browning-heather-lanier/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
CREATED:20220130T221727Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Gabrielle Martin\, Scott Sigl\, Jonathon Todd
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Gabrielle Martin\, Scott Sigl\, Jonathon Todd\nWednesday February 9\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required for zoom – use this link:  \n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqduqgpzIpGNOTTLgVvjw_TLnRMl3boAtS  \n \n  \nGabrielle Martin is the author of Gritty City\, a poet living and working in West Philly\, where they are currently attempting (maybe successfully) to grow tomatoes on their windowsill.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nScott Sigl is a musician\, poet\, and teacher in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. He has represented the city of Philadelphia at the National Poetry Slam and Rowan University at the College National Slam.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nJonathon Todd is the author of Over/time\, a poet\, musician\, and recovery specialist living in South Philadelphia. His work deals with observations mainly written between breaks\, trying to find humanity outside of and within labor. Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-gabrielle-martin-scott-sigl-jonathon-todd/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T165409
CREATED:20220130T221520Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Rose-Marie Athiley\, Edythe Rodriguez\, Basia Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Rose-Marie Athiley\, Edythe Rodriguez\, Basia Wilson\nTuesday February 8\, 2022 – 7pm – VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – use this link: \n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdeCtpjotHtfBklvFsozr3X6BLxZdJvtv \n \n  \nRose-Marie Athiley\, is a published poet and essayist\, a recent graduate of Hamline with a degree in English\, moved to the U.S. in 2006 and found the art of pen and word through learning her third language\, English.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nEdythe Rodriguez is a Philly-based Afrikan Renaissance poet who studied Creative Writing and Africology at Temple University. She is a copywriter / poet / semi-evolved virgo / bustelo drinker / violent Scrabble player / non-violent Beyhive member / bears / beets / battlestar galactica \n  \n \nBasia Wilson holds a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from Temple University\, where she took courses such as Ecofeminist Poetics. She studied the intersection of psychogeography and poetry\, culminating in a manuscript about her local Wegmans that forever altered how she understands store-brand crème brûlée ice cream and Yelp reviews.  Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-rose-marie-athiley-edythe-rodriguez-basia-wilson/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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