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Moonstone Presents: Alicia Askenase, Savannah Cooper-Ramsey, Heather H. Thomas

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Alicia Askenase has written four poetry chapbooks, including The Luxury of Pathos (Texture Press) and Shirley Shirley (Sonaweb). She was an Editor’s Choice for the 2018 Sandy Crimmins Prize, which appears in Philadelphia Stories. Additionally, her publications include, New Works by Philadelphia Poets, The Manhattanville Review, The Big Muddy, and Poems for the Writing: Prompts […]

Politics and Poetry: Patrick Rosal and Sami Miranda

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Patrick Rosal, is the author of four books of poetry and the recipient of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Fulbright Research Scholar Program.       Sami Miranda is a teacher, poet and visual artist. He […]

New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets

Shakespeare and Co. 1632 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 Philadelphia poetry collaborative and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience.   Hazel The Aura is a Poetic Artist born and […]

Moonstone Presents: Marion Cohen, Chanda Rice, Elliot Bat Tzedek

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Marion Cohen’s 28th book is “The Discontinuity at the Waistline: My #MeToo Poems” (Rhythm & Bones Press, 2019), and her 29th is “The Fuss and the Fury” (Alien Buddha Press, NM, 2019.)       Chanda Rice (also known as Muffy) has been a writer all her life, but her half-sister would expose her children […]

Moonstone Present: Olga Livshin

Shakespeare and Co. 1632 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Original poetry by the Russian-American poet Olga Livshin, alongside her translations of Russian poetry by Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) and Vladimir Gandelsman (b. 1948). Foreword by Ilya Kaminsky. “Olga Livshin has braided her own poems with her superb translations of Akhmatova and Gandelsman, poets she describes as “ecstatic voices.” Livshin’s voice, too, is ecstatic–and unflinching, and […]

Al-Bustan Presents: Natalie Handal

Slought Gallary 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

(co-sponsored by the Moonstone Arts Center) Natalie Handal is an author and professor at Columbia University. She draws on her diverse and multicultural background for her work. Life in a Country Album speaks on borders and citizenship, hybrid identities and home, freedom and pleasure.

Moonstone Presents: Michael B. Carroll Jr., Dr. Mbarek Sryfi

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Michael B. Carroll Jr. is a graduate of West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Professional Studies (Health Science / Psychology dual minor). He is a native of Philadelphia, PA and has published creative work in The Esthetic Apostle Literary Magazine.   Dr. Mbarek Sryfi is lecturer at the University […]

Whitman and Sexuality – 2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCam

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia.   David Acosta is the Artistic Director of Casa De Duende. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.  Among the most notable are […]

Moonstone Presents: Sean Lynch, Joseph Rathgeber, Lamont B. Steptoe

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Sean Lynch is a leftist poet and editor who lives in South Philly.  His poems have been published in various journals and he is the author of four chapbooks.     Joseph Rathgeber is an author and poet from New Jersey. He is author of Mixedbloods and The Abridged Autobiography of Yousef R. and Other Stories.   […]

Remembering Walt Whitman

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago (May 31, 1819), his life coincided with a time of great division in America—the Civil War. Whitman eulogized the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in “O Captain! My Captain!”, a moment in history marked by hatred and bloodshed. His poem “The Wound Dresser” described the job of a first […]