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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Wednesday March 5th, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vLVubHweQumhe0GM3rq9nA Sarah Browning is the author of Call Me Yes (forthcoming), Killing Summer, and others, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry, and teaches online with Writers in Progress. W.D. Ehrhart’s most recent books are Thank You for […]
Tuesday March 11th, 2025 at 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound. […]
Wednesday March 12, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zgOiWqUUT6OxURZIbzujjw catch breath is the founder of reunion poetry, a literary festival held in Philadelphia. Amanda Giordano Herrera is an interdisciplinary artist and writer born in Philadelphia. She is an editor for Poet’s Row. Her personal […]
Tuesday March 18, 2025 – 5:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q3BIKrZhRjOSQ_BFscJ85A Nathalie Anderson, author of Rough, Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound. She collaborated with Susan Hagen and Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America. Anderson’s poems have appeared […]
Wednesday March 19, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Use this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s1AkTaeNSISE_wCCV7KJSg C.M. Crockford is a neurodivergent writer and editor. His works been published in dozens of magazines, anthologies, and websites, and his first book Birdsongs was released in 2024 with Alien Buddha Press. You can always […]
