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Live Poetry: Jon Lawrence, MJ McGinn, VA Smith, and Amy Beth Sission

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry with Jon Lawrence, MJ McGinn, VA Smith, and Amy Beth Sission Wednesday January 15, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street Or register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscOiprj4vHN0alIAMAjPkfzE1D9sbPaZe Jon Lawrence currently teaches high school English and Creative Writing in his hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He received an MFA in Creative Writing at the […]

Live Poetry: Terri Lyons, Debrah Morkun, and J. C. Todd

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry: Terri Lyons, Debrah Morkun, and J. C. Todd Wednesday January 22, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street For Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlfuirpzwsG9x38xszu1yyCB6qJwrpYsAr Terri Lyons is a Philadelphia based poet and playwright who has collaborated with a variety of urban initiatives to support cultural and historical enrichment. Her latest book is […]

Live Poetry: Ernest Hilbert, Dennis Hinrichsen, and Sheleen McElhinney

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

For Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdumgqDsuGdAWcqR8ZcE1s8-QCdemDt6n Ernest Hilbert it the author of the poetry collections Sixty Sonnets, All of You on the Good Earth, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize—Last One Out, and Storm Swimmer, selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips as the winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. Visit him at www.ernesthilbert.com Dennis […]

Live Broadcast: Alison Hicks

Tuesday February 4th at 6:30pm Moonstone Poetry @PhillyCAM Can be viewed for free on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. Alison Hicks was awarded the 2021 Birdy Prize from Meadowlark Press for Knowing Is a Branching Trail. Previous collections are You Who Took the Boat Out and Kiss, a […]

The Moonstone Hosts 2024 Read

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Moonstone Hosts 2024 Read: Live Poetry @ Fergies Pub And on Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlfuCurDksGdR2-uQW3lE4O8D8JI2H4c4P#/registration Moonstone presents about 100 poetry readings and publishes 35 books a year. We have numerous hosts representing various communities in a attempt to get you to listen to someone you never heard of. Nothing gives me more pleasure than […]

Tribute to Lamont B. Steptoe

Virtual

Virtual Reading: Tribute to Lamont B. Steptoe Sunday, February 9th, 2025 2pm Eastern Virtual Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1fJ5daTdS8elCUBV79ucyg Lamont B. Steptoe is a poet / photographer / publisher born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is author of eight books of poetry including In the Kitchens of the Master, Mad Minute, Uncle’s South Sea […]

Live Poetry: Robert Coles, Alison Hicks, and Roland Leander Williams

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry: Robert Coles, Alison Hicks, and Roland Leander Williams Wednesday February 12, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street For Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4vYhPZXETFGJrideJAk8-Q#/registration Robert Coles has published over one hundred poems in various journals, anthologies, and magazines. Alison Hicks was finalist for the 2021 Beullah Rose prize from Smartis Pace, and […]

Live Poetry: Kat Giordano, Carol Moog, Lester Mobley, and Tara Tamburello

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday February 19 at 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s1lCXplISbCpSTMX_DE2UQ Kat Giordano was born in Philadelphia and it’s been downhill ever since. Their latest poetry collection, Thumbsucker, is out via Malarkey Books. Kat tweets at @giordkat and lives on the internet at katgiordano.com. Kat is […]

Remembering Gerald Stern

Virtual

Sunday, February 23, 2025 2pm Eastern virtual Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/P35CdROtSy2NBi1XJHF3lg Gerald Daniel Stern (February 22, 1925 – October 27, 2022) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Raritan […]

Live Poetry: Samantha Medina, Amanda Nicole Meadeis, and Skyler Norbury

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry: Samantha Medina, Amanda Nicole Meadeis, and Skyler Norbury Wednesday, February 26, 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street And on Zoom –  Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/d9r8978JQ-CQKRC4mzSTbA Samantha Medina is a writer based in South Philadelphia. Her poetry touches on feminism and how to explore the cracks. Amanda Nicole Meadeis a poet, artist, tarot […]