Moonstone Presents:

2019 Featured Poets Anthology Reading

The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Moonstone Arts Center presented 85 poetry readings in 2019, including featured poets and large events with many presenting poets. All told over 500 poets read at Moonstone events, over 150 being featured. 82 poets responded to our call for the 2019 featured Poets Anthology and about 30 are expected to read at this event. Please […]

James Arthur, George David Clark, Trapeta B. Mayson

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

James Arthur, a Canadian-American poet, is the author of The Suicide’s Son and Charms Against Lightning. Arthur lives in Baltimore, where he teaches in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. George David Clark’s Reveille received the 2015 Miller Williams Prize, he teaches creative writing at Washington & Jefferson College and lives in western Pennsylvania. Trapeta […]

BLACK LIVES MATTER: Virtual Poetry Reading

Zoom Meeting ID: 821 6127 0135 – Zoom Passcode: 960363 – Phone: 1-646-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82161270135?pwd=aDVLWlcxWmFsMTNwNjR1L3lEZXV1QT09 Sandra Turner-Barnes is an author, poet, and jazz lover and vocalist. Her first book of poetry Always A Lady has sold over 7,000 copies. In 1996, Sandra won the EBONY MAGAZINE Literary Competition for Short Fiction, and in 1997, Sandra re-created […]

PhillyCAM: Trapeta B. Mayson

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia Please join us as 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson discusses the role of the Laureate in promoting the love of poetry in the City and communities. Trapeta B. Mayson is the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate. […]

On the Verge: Poets of the Palisades with Dave Worrell

Zoom Meeting ID: 818 3720 4326, Zoom Passcode: 100371, Phone: 1-646-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837204326?pwd=VzBwOVFVZHNjckMrNzVCU1loOVBpZz09 On the Verge: Poets of the Palisades III is an anthology that consists of 80 contributors in the Tri-State who were featured over a four-year period from both series that are sponsored by the North Jersey Literary Community and hosted by Denise La Neve […]

M. Nzadi Keita, JC Todd, Alina Macneal, Jennifer Hook

Zoom Meeting ID: 849 0497 4839, Passcode: 570429, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84904974839?pwd=U0lZb3JuOFlvRlUya1VjSlRTblBWdz09 Nzadi Keita, a Philly-born writer, editor, and scholar, is a 2017 Pew Fellow for the Arts in Poetry. Her book of persona poems, BRIEF EVIDENCE OF HEAVEN, gives voice to abolitionist Anna Murray Douglass, first wife of Frederick Douglass. Cited by Yale historian […]

Serotonin Poetry Project

Zoom Meeting ID: 851 0353 5295, Passcode: 610782, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85103535295?pwd=dSt2MXRkNGdKU0Jkb3BCUE9sNVNtQT09 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 Noemi in 2021. Praise Osawaru […]

2020 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series on PhillyCAM

699 Ranstead Street. Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate on the role of the Laureate in promoting the love of poetry in the City and communities. Trapeta B. Mayson is the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate. She is a recipient of a Pew Fellowship in Literature, Leeway Transformation Award, […]

2019 Chapbook Contest Winners

Zoom Meeting ID: 824 4272 1486, Passcode: 319164, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82442721486?pwd=c01zbVFCQkw3TmtQUlVUaXNwWGpKZz09 Book of Micah – Kenneth Pobo Kenneth Pobo teaches Creative Writing and English at Widener University near Philadelphia. He and his husband live in Media. He began writing poetry in 1970 at the age of fifteen. He likes doing character studies in poetry […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Antonio Lopez, Chukwuma Ndulue, Ewuare Osayande, with Elijah Pringle

Zoom Meeting ID: 836 1745 1559, Passcode: 749356, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83617451559?pwd=TGliZFF4dXZzamZOaGJreHVQbzBJdz09 Antonio López received a double B.A. in Global Cultural Studies and African & African-American studies from Duke University, scholarships to attend the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Tin House, the Vermont Studio Center, and Bread Loaf. He is a proud member of the […]