Live Poetry: Alex DiFrancesco, Chad Frame & Kimberly Rooney Wednesday, September 16th, 7pm ET Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Diana Cao’s poems and stories appear in Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, The Yale Review, The Kenyon Review, and more. She has received support from MacDowell, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Willapa Bay AiR, and Just Buffalo […]
Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Lisa Acerbo, Alaina Hammond, Vincent Hostak, Brandy Reinke & Emily R. Antrilli Sunday September 20, 2026 – 2pm ET Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ Lisa’s new book is Memories Like Rusted Well Water, $11.00 Lisa Acerbo is the Director of General Education at Post University. A writer of short […]
Remembering John Coltrane: Reading, Panel and Open Mic Jam Wednesday September 23 @ 7pm Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom St Philadelphia To honor the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth (September 23, 1926), the Coltrane Estate launched “Coltrane 100,” a year-long global celebration. The centennial highlights a massive schedule of catalog reissues, symphonic performances, and tribute […]
VIRTUAL WRITING WORKSHOP| 5pm Registration Link – https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JAj5oD1RTHKfwfapZt3Chg Trane-ing Poetry Workshop invites writers to explore the John Coltrane’s process of bring social issues to life and how that process can be applied in our own writing practce. In this online class, we dive into the creative process behind several of John Coltrane’s most famous songs, […]
Live Poetry: Michelle Myers, Therese Halscheid, Hector Reyes & Karol M. Wasylyshyn Wednesday, September 30th @ 7pm Fergies Pub: 1412 Sansom St. Philadelphia Michelle Myers is an award-winning poet, author, and educator whose work centers storytelling, cultural memory, and voice. A founding member of the Asian American spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage, she was […]
Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press Readings Sunday, October 4th @ 2pm ET On Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mF-K3tiiTjWbtTv3iDZKhw Frank’s new book is Googlet, $11.00 Frank Beltrano is a poet living in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. He is a member of the American poetry workshopping group DVP/US1 and founder of the group, Strong Threads, based in Quebec. […]
Serotonin Press Reading Wednesday October 7, 2026 – 7pm Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Serotonin Press, a Philadelphia based publisher, focusing on mental illness and suicide prevention. Established as an online poetry journal, Serotonin has published hundreds of writers from dozens of countries, and an anthology of 115 writers organized into chapters on Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series: Chris Bullard’s ARGUMENTS FOR Tuesday October 13, 2026 @ 6:30pm Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM Poets Lynn Levin and Anne-Adele Wight appear together on PHILLY LOVES POETRY to celebrate Chris Bullard’s ARGUMENTS FOR: NEW AND […]
House Poet feat. Zack Arthur & Tiffany A spoken word dance party + open poetry mic Wednesday, October 14th @ 7pm Live at Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom St. Zack Arthur splits his time between Philly and New York City, as all adventurous faggots do. Born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, he moved to Philly in […]
Black Poetry Day Reading Be part of Black Poetry Day If you are black, bring your poem. If you are not, bring a poem celebrating your favorite black poet. There will be an open reading between three featured poets. Moonstone’s Black Poets Day Reading is part of Night of the Living Poets Program, an All-Styles […]
