Moonstone Presents:

Join us in celebrating the work of five wonderful poets as the Moonstone Press releases their books: Herman Beavers is a Professor of English and African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as an advisory editor for The African American Review, The Black Scholar, The Journal of Black Studies, and Modern Fiction Studies. Steve […]

Christopher Pendleton is a graduating senior at Saint Joseph’s University and has had work appear in Crimson and Gray 2016-2019, as well as New Voices: Emerging Poets Vol #1. Mariah Rose is a music journalist for WXPN, and the creator of a Philly-based art zine, Boy Tears Mag. Luvonda Fuller is a graduating senior at […]

Bernard Block has read at all the major spoken-word venues in NYC, Philadelphia, South Carolina and South Wales. He has also hosted the “From Whitman to Ginsberg” series at Cornelia Street Café. Charles Carr has two published books of poetry: paradise, Pennsylvania and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. Charles was the host of the Moonstone […]

Heather H. Thomas is the author of Vortex Street and three other full-length poetry collections: Blue Ruby, Resurrection Papers, and Practicing Amnesia. Her honors include a Rita Dove Poetry Prize Honorable Mention, a Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry, a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency, and a term as Berks Poet Laureate. […]

Deborah Burnham has been at the University of Pennsylvania longer than some of the ivy. She has worked as an undergraduate advisor, directed the academic writing program, and is currently the Associate Undergraduate Chair of the English department. She has published two books of poetry, and has another in circulation. Candida Rodriguez was born in […]

Joseph Rathgeber is an author, poet, high school English teacher, and adjunct professor from New Jersey. He is the author of Mixedbloods, The Abridged Autobiography of Yousef R. and Other Stories, and MJ. He has received fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts.  Mixedbloods is […]

Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street HAIKU Bring your Haiku to share with us! What is Haiku? Renowned for its small size and precise syllabic makeup, Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five moras (a unit of sound that determines […]

Moonstone Poetry @ Shakespeare & Co 1632 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets (under the age of 25). Jennifer Nessel is a graduate from Saint Joe’s, received the Best Short Story award from her university’s literary magazine, and has received funding for a novella entitled, ‘The Cage,’ through which she explored […]

Chapbook release party & reading event Sunday July 14, 2019 – 2pm Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street July 4 is Independence Day in the US July 14 is Bastille Day in France Every country has an Independence Day Every person wants to be FREE Hear what Philadelphia poets have […]

Wednesday July 17, 2019 – 7pm Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub, Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Meredith Z. Avakian is a writer, poet, and the author of Propaganda Begins with PR: Poetry for the Soul and PRhyme Time: Power of Poetry. Her poetry has also been published in The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, The Literary Groong, and […]