Moonstone Presents:

Virtual Poetry Reading: Samantha Barrow, Lisa Grunberger, Jane Ellen Ibur, with Aaren Perry

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737   Passcode: 678146   Phone: 1-646 876 9923 US (New York) Samantha Barrow is director of the Humanities in Medicine at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at The City College of New York, and teaching in the Program of Narrative Medicine at Columbia. Spoken word poet, performance artist and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices: Emerging Poets, Rose-Marie Athiley, Colby Bellman, Wes Mathews, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815   Passcode: 838862 New Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. Rose-Marie Athiley (she/hers) is a senior at Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN, where she studies English and Communications. She moved to the United States in 2006 and through learning her third language […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Philly Jawns: For Women Revisited, Poetry Anthology Tribute to Nina Simone

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81841890688?pwd=TU4yZ3g2Y2hBZCtzdk1hNVBFTHRzZz09 Meeting ID: 818 4189 0688  Passcode: 380783 PHILLY JAWNS: FOR WOMEN REVISITED  A poetry anthology in tribute to Nina Simone “Editors Debra Powell-Wright and Pat McLean-Smith have lovingly gathered a chorus of voices from the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection to honor Nina Simone, the queen of Black Woman Magic, Rage and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Ahmad Almallah, Grant Clauser, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737    Passcode: 678146 Ahmad Almallah holds a Ph.D. in Classical Arabic Poetry from Indiana University Bloomington. He is currently a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, working on writing a book on Arabic love poetry and the ghazal. He held the position of Assistant Professor of Arabic […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Martín Espada, Afaa Weaver, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815    Passcode: 838862 Martín Espada Celebrating his new book Floaters: Poems Autographed copies for $26.95 available at our website www.moonstoneartscenter.com Martín Espada is celebrating his new book Floaters: Poems ($26.95, W. W. Norton & Company, 978-0393541038). “Vintage Espada―essential, topical, political, irrepressible; in his poems, mercy acquires muscle and close […]

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Dilruba Ahmed with Charles S. Carr

Watch the live broadcast: Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV:  https://phillycam.org/watch2021 2021 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Dilruba Ahmed is the author Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), with poems featured in New York Times Magazine, The Best American Poetry 2019, and podcasts such as […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Nathan Antoine, Philip Dykhouse, Susana Praver-Pérez, with Elijah Pringle

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737    Passcode: 678146 Nathan Antoine – “I’m an introverted poet living somewhere in my mind. Although, Charlotte, NC is where you’ll find me. I’ve been writing poetry for over 15 years, specializing in poetry that details our specific thoughts, feelings, observations, rage or whatever comes mind. I mix current […]

Virtual Poetry Reading in Collaboration with Serotonin: Cynthia Arrieu-King, Roseline Mgbodichinma, Theresa Rodriguez, with Sean Lynch

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815   Passcode: 838862   Phone: 646 876 9923 US (New York) Cynthia Arrieu-King teaches creative writing, literature, and general studies. Her poetry books include People are Tiny in Paintings of China, Manifest, and Futureless Languages. Her poetry book Continuity is forthcoming from Octopus Books and her book of experimental memoir The Betweens is forthcoming from […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: 34th Street Poets

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956   Passcode: 704102 The 34th Street Poets, one of the longest-running poetry groups in the Philadelphia area (since 1992), meets weekly and currently comprises seven members: Alyson Shore Adler, Deidra Greenleaf Allan, Sandra L. Chaff, Barbara Daniels, Minna Duchovnay, B.E. Kahn, and Nina Schafer. The group includes poetry book and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Mama Poets From Eastern Europe: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Luisa Muradyan, Alina Stefanescu, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85477352895?pwd=UitzbDI1akc5eEN6Y3BNNE5CVTJIdz09 Meeting ID: 854 7735 2895    Passcode: 019747 Mama Poets From Eastern Europe, Celebrate International Women’s Day Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach (www.juliakolchinskydasbach.com) is the author of three poetry collections: The Many Names for Mother, winner the Wick Poetry Prize (Kent State University Press, 2019) and finalist for the Jewish Book Award; Don’t Touch the Bones (Lost Horse Press, […]