Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing […]
Charles S. Carr is author of paradise, pennsylvania, and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. He has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub and […]
Herman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the U of P, where he teaches courses in African American literature and Creative Writing. He is the author of two scholarly monographs: Wrestling Angels into Song: The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James A. McPherson and Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of […]
John Wall Barger is the author of The Mean Game, The Book of Festus, Hummingbird and Pain-proof Men, Dying in Dharamsala, Samovar / Dukkha, and The Vnfortunate Report & Tragicall Tidings of Leslie Barger. Barger has been shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize twice, has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and Best of the Best […]
The Moonstone Arts Center is attempting to raise a $10,000 scholarship fund. Aptly named “Pass The Pen,” This scholarship fund aims to give two high-school junior/senior students to go to a writing workshop of their choice. This allows further encouragement of growth as both a writer and a person through gaining experience in writing and […]
Spencer Nitkey poems and prose have appeared in Short Editions, The Gateway Review, Critical Read, and more. He is an Educator, Communicator, Writer, Researcher, and Storyteller. Doris Zheku is a first generation Albanian-American, who moved to France, was active in Paris’ anglophone open mic scene and returned to Philadelphia. She is […]
Sham-e-Ali Nayeem is an Indian American poet and artist of Hyderabadi descent. She is the author of City of Pearls and the recipient of the Loft Literary Center’s Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship. Faleeha Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, playwriter born in Najaf, Iraq who has published 24 books. Her poems have […]
Leah Falk is the author of To Look After and Use. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, FIELD, Best New Poets, Poetry Daily, Electric Literature, and Los Angeles Review of Books, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s received support for her writing from […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for […]
Chidi E. O. Ezeobi, author of Remind the World, was born in Nigeria and migrated to the United States in 1996. Chidi Ezeobi was recently released after serving 11 years in prison. He resides in Newark New Jersey while working on his second book Sean Lynch, Host, Open Reading Follows
