Live Book Release: Open Source by Warren C. Longmire, hosted by Sean Lynch Wednesday December 15, 2021 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-mgpzwpHdZZB3CAIOVCXQ-8utbL0yWr “OPEN SOURCE is a book we’ve been waiting for in Philly, from a poet who can sing its songs through smog and shame with […]
Serotonin Marathon Virtual Reading POSTPONED until further notice Serotonin is partnering with Moonstone Arts Center for a mental illness marathon poetry reading over Zoom. Neurodivergent readers from around the world will share their work on how they live with their mental illnesses. Readers include Sean Lynch, Raye Hendrix, Thomas Nuhfer, Kika Man, Cleo, Lemmy Ya’akova, […]
Live Poetry Reading with Lynn Levin, Jim Mancinelli, and Elijah B. Pringle III 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-mgpzwpHdZZB3CAIOVCXQ-8utbL0yWr Lynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection, The Minor Virtues is listed as one of Spring 2020’s best books by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Poet Ross Gay calls the book “a lovely honoring of the small, the minor […]
Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Siduri Beckman Join us at Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia for an interview and reading by Siduri Beckman! Siduri Beckman is a lifelong Philadelphian. She served as the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia where she was mentored by Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez. She was published most recently in MSU Press’s […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Hannah McDonald, Dave Worrell, Sekai’afua Zankel On zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 Hannah McDonald is a writer, poet, geek, and generally funny queer woman. You may have caught her onstage at The Bechdel Test Fest, the National Poetry Slam, or any number of literary events in the Philly […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Hope What do you hope for – Send us a poem! DEADLINE – December 31st, 2021 Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdO-rpjkoHN1QpCSC9zQU-VrVqTUCFuem In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods. … Nonetheless, Pandora opened the jar (in modern accounts often mistranslated as “Pandora’s box“) releasing all […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Mbarek Sryfi, Octavia McBride-Ahebee ON ZOOM Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 Jeffrey Ethan Lee’s first poetry book, invisible sister, was a finalist for the MMM Press Book Prize. His second book, identity papers, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. His novel, The Autobiography of Somebody […]
New Voices: Finn Holovacs, Nilah Swan, Evan Wang Registration Required, Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuGtpzIoG9dikX3bDiCslAgJT2w7eGZh New Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for young poets by welcoming them into the larger poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience. […]
Moonstone Poetry Reading: Five New Chapbooks from Moonstone Press Live at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom Street) and on Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 Hal Freedman is the author of Poems of a Classical Musician ($10.00). His opinion is that the line between music and poetry is a thin one, if such a […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Celia Bland, Jonathan Blunk, Cindy Savett On Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOquqjgrG9U9z0J2rR2q63R1SxozL8O3 Celia Bland co-edited Jane Cooper: A Radiance of Attention with Martha Collins. Her third collection of poetry, Cherokee Road Kill, received the 2015 Raynes Prize, Madonna Comix, an image and poetry collaboration she created with artist Dianne Kornberg, was exhibited […]
