Philadelphia Says: Haiku
Presented by the Moonstone Arts Center & The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday June 17, 2018 – 2pm Philadelphia Says Haiku Celebrating the release […]
Presented by the Moonstone Arts Center & The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday June 17, 2018 – 2pm Philadelphia Says Haiku Celebrating the release […]
The American War in Vietnam was one of the most morally contentious events of the twentieth century, and it produced an extraordinary outpouring of poetry. Yet the complex ethical terrain […]
Established in the Germantown neighborhood in 2008, the Fuze poetry slam is the longest running poetry slam in Philadelphia and currently the only venue participating as a part of NPS, […]
Elijah Pryor is a spoken word poet born and raised in Philadelphia. He feels blessed to be part of such a thriving and diverse arts scene in his home city […]
Levi Bentley organizes the reading series Housework and edits the journal Boneless Skinless, featuring work by Housework participants. A chapbook of poems “Bucolic Eclogue” was released from Lamehouse Press in […]
Sonia Sanchez is a poet, activist, scholar; the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University; recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service […]
John Baky (Army, 1969-1971, in Vietnam from 1970-1971) Baky spearheaded The Vietnam War Collection at La Salle and was specifically interested in how the trauma of the war played out […]
Candida Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico where she developed a passion for reading and writing. When she turned 16 years old, she moved to Camden, where she joined her parents […]
Sounds & Words: A Fundraiser for the Moonstone Arts Center with Music, Poetry, Food, Cash Bar, Exhibits, Book Sales For 35 years, Moonstone Arts Center has brought Philadelphia the best […]
Barbara Siegel Carlson is the author of two poetry collections Fire Road and Once in Every Language. She is co-translator of Look Back, Look Ahead, Selected Poems of Srečko Kosovel […]