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 […]
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 […]
Live Poetry: John Lavin, Debrah Morkun, Rebecca Petchenik, and Anne-Adele Wight Wednesday August 12, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street John Lavin is a jazz percussionist and poet. His recent poetry collection is Painting in the Dark (Moonstone 2026), a collaboration with artists, Janelle Robinson and Gregorio Torres. He is a […]
Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Regina Dilgen, Wendell Hawken, Beth Konkoski, & Sophia Pinto Thomas Sunday August 16, 2pm ET – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ Regina’s new book is Back from the River, $11.00 Regina Dilgen was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. She served as Professor of English and Department Chair […]
Live Poetry: Jonah Frankel, “Jasper Jonosky,” John Wojtowicz, Woody Woodger & Daniel Zehner Wednesday August 19, 2026 – 7pm ET Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Jonah Frankel: “Jonah would say he lives through art. He thinks his writing is beautiful even when it is not. Sometimes it is. His use of form and flow in […]
