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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Vernyce Dannells\, Anis Mojgani\, with Alina Macneal and Jennifer Hook
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Vernyce Dannells and Anis Mojgani \nVernyce Dannells shares\, with Anis\, the world view of her jumbled origins and a disarmingly unvarnished response to the world. A graduate of the Radcliffe Publishing Course\, she especially loved the years she reported for National Public Radio. Vernyce’s work has been featured in national & international literary publications\, and her storytelling is sought around the world. Cadenza Press published her chapbook Temporarily Abated. \n  \n  \nAnis Mojgani is the current Poet Laureate of Oregon. A two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam\, Anis has performed at hundreds of universities across the US\, and festivals around the globe such as the Sydney Writer’s Festival\, Jamaica’s Calabash festival\, and Seoul’s Young Writer’s Festival. His work has appeared on HBO\, National Public Radio\, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series; and in the pages of the NYTimes\, Rattle\, Platypus\, Winter Tangerine\, Forklift Ohio\, and Bat City Review\, amongst others. The author of five books of poetry and the opera libretto\, Sanctuaries\, his first children’s book is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. Originally from New Orleans\, Anis currently lives in Portland Oregon. Visit his website thepianofarm.com. \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-vernyce-dannells-anis-mojgani-with-alina-macneal-and-jennifer-hook/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: The Poet's Memoir - Elaine Terranova\, Natasha Sajé\, Spencer Reece\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84569818367?pwd=VzdNcGQ5Z1BpL3BVVWQ0UW5ZVWxEQT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 6981 8367 – Passcode: 472875 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: The Poet’s Memoir \nElaine Terranova’s memoir The Diamond Cutter’s Daughter is due in May. Elaine grew up in a working-class neighborhood\, worked as a factory worker\, office temp\, preschool teacher\, and editor. She taught at Community College of Philadelphia\, Temple University\, University of Delaware\, and in the Rutgers MFA program. She is author of seven collections of poetry and two chapbooks. Terranova’s first book\, The Cult of the Right Hand won the 1990 Walt Whitman Award\, Perdido\, is her most recent book. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker\, The American Poetry Review\, Pleiades\, Ploughshares\, and other magazines and anthologies. Her awards include a Pushcart Prize\, the Margaret Banister residency\, the Judah L. Magnes Gold Medal\, and fellowships from the NEA and the Pew Center. (photo by Millie L. Berg) \nNatasha Sajé is author of Red Under the Skin\, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett prize; Bend\, awarded the Utah Book Award in Poetry; Vivarium and her post-modern poetry handbook\, Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory. Her most recent book is a memoir-in-essays\, Terroir: Love\, Out of Place\, a finalist for Pen\, Lambda\, and Foreword awards. Honors include the Bannister Writer-in-Residence at Sweet Briar College\, Alice Fay di Castagnola and Robert Winner Awards from the Poetry Society of America\, the Campbell Corner Poetry Prize\, a Fulbright Scholarship to Slovenia\, a Camargo Fellowship in France\, a Hermitage artist residency\, and a 2020 Pushcart prize. Sajé teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts and Westminster College in Salt Lake City\, where she directs the Weeks Poetry Series. \nSpencer Reece’s first published book of poetry\, The Clerk’s Tale\, was selected by Louise Glück as the winner of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Bakeless Prize. The titular poem was adapted into a short film by James Franco in 2010. Reece is also the author of the poetry collection The Road to Emmaus\, a finalist for the Griffin Prize and longlisted for the National Book Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award\, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. For several years he lived in Madrid\, where he was the national secretary to the Episcopal bishop of Spain. He currently lives in Jackson Heights\, “the world’s most diverse neighborhood” according to The New York Times\, where he is the interim priest in charge at St Mark’s. \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-the-poets-memoir-elaine-terranova-natasha-saje-spencer-reece-with-larry-robin/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Sonia Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Sonia Sanchez \nSonia Sanchez\, poet\, activist\, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement\, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books. \nA representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement\, spanning the 4 decades of her literary career. Gathering highlights from all of Sonia Sanchez’s poetry\, this compilation is sure to inspire love and community engagement among her legions of fans. Beginning with her earliest work\, including poems from her first volume\, Homecoming (1969)\, through to 2019\, the poet has collected her favorite work in all forms of verse\, from Haiku to excerpts from book-length narratives. Her lifelong dedication to the causes of Black liberation\, social equality\, and women’s rights is evident throughout\, as is her special attention to youth in poems addressed to children and young adults. \nAs Maya Angelou so aptly put it: “Sonia Sanchez is a lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars\, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly.” \n“You have spoken for us . . . Written for us . . . Sung to us . . . How much in your debt we are.” —Toni Morrison \n“This world is a better place because of Sonia Sanchez: more livable\, more laughable\, more manageable. I wish millions of people knew that some of the joy in their lives comes from the fact that Sonia Sanchez is writing poetry.” \n “Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty.” —Isabel Allende \n “The poetry of Sonia Sanchez is full of power and yet always clean and uncluttered. It makes you wish you had thought those thoughts\, felt those emotions\, and\, above all\, expressed them so effortlessly and so well.” —Chinua Achebe \n“Her songs of destruction and loss scrape the heart; her praise songs thunder and revitalize. We need these songs for our journey together into the next century.” – —Joy Harjo
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87197922839?pwd=QTJyUXFGcHFLdXVQMDAzOWgzczRXUT09 \nMeeting ID: 871 9792 2839 – Passcode: 991684 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium \n“Traditional and radical\, secular and holy\, the poems in 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium come to us just as we need them. The poets here celebrate a culture and caution against hatred\, all the while making incredible art. Silverman and Carlson have gathered a stellar and diverse group of poets and poetic visions.”–Denise Duhamel\, author \nWith editors Nancy Naomi Carlson\, a poet\, translator\, essayist\, editor\, & Matthew E. Silverman who teaches at Gordon State College and is editor of Blue Lyra Press. Plus Contributors:   \nAliki Barnstone is the author of eight books of poetry\, the most recent of which is Dwelling and the translator of The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy. Her awards include a Fulbright Fellowship in Greece and she served as poet laureate of Missouri . \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDan Bellm (Berkeley\, California) has published four books of poems\, most recently Deep Well (Lavender Ink\, 2017). He teaches literary translation and poetry at Antioch University Los Angeles. Visit www.danbellm.com. \n  \n  \n  \nNancy Naomi Carlson\, poet and translator\, has authored eleven titles (seven translated). An Infusion of Violets (Seagull\, 2019) was named “New & Noteworthy” by The New York Times. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nErika Dreifus is the author of Birthright: Poems and Quiet Americans: Stories. An adjunct associate professor at Baruch College and a fellow in the Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute\, she lives in New York. Visit her online at ErikaDreifus.com. \n  \n  \n  \nJoy Gaines-Friedler is the author of three books of poetry including Capture Theory (Finalist for the Eric Hopper Book Award). Joy teaches Creative Writing for non-profits in the Detroit area. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDiane Frank is author of poetry\, fiction\, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems\, is forthcoming from Glass Lyre Press. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJanlori Goldman’s book\, “Bread from a Stranger’s Oven\,” was chosen by Laure-Anne Bosselaar for the 2016 White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Her chapbook\, “My Antarctica\,” is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJeffrey Levine’s most recent book is At the Kinnegad Home for the Bewildered. He is the Founder\, Artistic Director and Publisher of Tupelo Press. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOlga Livshin is a poet\, essayist\, and translator with publications in the Kenyon Review\, Poetry International\, and other journals. Her book A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman came out in 2019. She lives outside Philadelphia. \n  \n  \n  \nAlicia Ostriker has published nineteen collections of poetry\, most recently The Volcano and After: Selected and New Poems\, 2002-2019. She received the National Jewish Book Award in 2010 and again in 2017. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nE. Silverman is the author of The Floating Door (Glass Lyre Press) and The Breath before Birds Fly (ELJ Press) and edited 3 anthologies\, including 101 Jewish Poems for the Third Millennium with Nancy Naomi Carlson. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMelanie H.D. Sirof is a proud Bread Loaf alum and a recipient of the Academy of American Poets University Prize. Her work appears on Poets.org\, and in Iron Horse Literary Review \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAmy Small-McKinney is the author of two full-length books of poetry and two chapbooks. This year\, she was nominated by a member of The Pushcart Prize Board of Contributing Editors. Visit. www.amysmallmckinney.com
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-101-jewish-poems-for-the-third-millennium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners - Kyle Laws\, Faith Paulsen\, Paul Siegell
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners \nFirst Prize:  \nKyle Laws – author of the sea is woman \nKyle Laws is based out of Steel City Art Works in Pueblo\, CO where she directs Line/Circle: Women Poets in Performance. She was born in Philadelphia and her family maintains a home there. Collections include Uncorseted (Kung Fu Treachery Press\, 2020)\, Ride the Pink Horse (Stubborn Mule Press\, 2019)\, Faces of Fishing Creek (Middle Creek Publishing\, 2018)\, This Town: Poems of Correspondence coauthored with Jared Smith (Liquid Light Press\, 2017)\, So Bright to Blind (Five Oaks Press\, 2015)\, and Wildwood (Lummox Press\, 2014). With eight nominations for a Pushcart Prize and one for Best of the Net\, her poems and essays have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the U.S.\, U.K.\, Canada\, and Germany. She is editor and publisher of Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press. \n  \nRunner’s Up: \nFaith Paulsen – author of we marry we bury we sing or we weep \nFaith Paulsen’s work has appeared in One Art\, Ghost City Press\, Seaborne\, and Book of Matches\, as well as Thimble Literary Magazine\, Evansville Review\, Mantis\, Psaltery and Lyre\, and Terra Preta\, among others. Her work also appears in the anthologies Is it Hot in Here or Is It Just Me? and 50/50: Poems & Translations by Womxn over 50. She has been nominated for a Pushcart\, and her chapbook A Color Called Harvest was published in 2016. A second chapbook\, Cyanometer\, is expected in 2021. She lives just outside Philadelphia. She and her husband Barton Sacks are the proud parents of three sons\, Paz\, Seth and Gideon. \n  \nPaul Siegell – author of The Tongue They Shared \nPaul Siegell is the 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate and author of Take Out Delivery\, wild life rifle fire\, jambandbootleg\, and Poemergency Room. He’s an award-winning creative director at The Philadelphia Inquirer and was a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly from 2007-2019. In 2015\, his work was selected for the Pennsylvania’s Center for the Book’s Public Poetry Project. A Pushcart nominee\, Paul has contributed to American Poetry Review\, Black Warrior Review\, Rattle\, and many other fine journals.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-2021-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners-kyle-laws-faith-paulsen-paul-siegell/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Nonsense Verse Anthology
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Nonsense Verse Anthology \nNonsense Verse\, a perfect way to look at today’s world. \nIt is intentionally and overtly paradoxical\, silly\, witty\, establishing a new reality separate from this one. Creative use of distortion\, fantasy\, surrealism\, the impossible\, opposites\, made-up language form tensions between illusion and truth\, dreams\, and logic\, meant to test the meaning of language itself. All of us love language\, what it says\, what it doesn’t say\, how can we get to the essence of the story we want to tell. Sometimes you need to go so deep that you come out the other side.  From ‘Jabberwocky’ to ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ nonsense verse is not just for children. These poems can appeal to all age groups in their outlandish settings\, invented words\, and otherworldly characters. Personification\, song\, consistent rhyme schemes and metrical patterns\, as well as aspects of storytelling\, are all part of this genre of poetry. Lewis Carrol\, Edward Lear\, Spike Milligan\, Mervyn Peake\, Shel Silverstein\, A.A. Milne\, Ogden Nash. Moonstone celebrates Edward Lear’s birthday (May 12\, 1812) with an anthology of Nonsense Poems written by poets today. Moonstone’s Nonsense Anthology ($10.00). \nJoin us as poets read their Nonsense Verse and bring your own.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-nonsense-verse-anthology/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices - Emerging Poets\, Siduri Beckman\, Kelly Thompson\, DuPree Walker\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09  \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: New Voices – Emerging Poets\, Siduri Beckman\, Kelly Thompson\, and DuPree Walker \nNew Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. \nSiduri 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 2019 collection\, Undocumented: Great Lakes Poet Laureates on Social Justice. Siduri is passionate about the intersection of poetry\, public education\, and civic engagement. Siduri graduated from Yale University in 2020. \n  \n  \nKelly Thompson is a 23-year-old recent Temple graduate from Limerick\, Pennsylvania. She loves writing fiction and poetry with fantasy and horror elements. You can find her poetry in Moonstone’s New Voices Anthology #4 and in the online journal Ariadne. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDuPree Walker is a graduating senior International Affairs\, Spanish double major\, English minor\, from Anchorage\, Alaska\, pursuing her degree at Howard University. For as long as she can remember her creative side has been drawn to the art of language. This year\, Moonstone Arts Center gave DuPree the amazing first opportunity to be a published poet. After graduation\, DuPree plans on pursuing law school with the goal to practice international litigation and arbitration whilst also fostering her creative passion DuPree is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-new-voices-emerging-poets-siduri-beckman-kelly-thompson-dupree-walker-with-larry-robin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Regie Cabico\, Israel Colon\, Lucia Herrmann\, with Sean Hanrahan
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Regie Cabico\, Israel Colon\, Lucia Herrmann \nRegie Cabico is the first Asian American and queer poet to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. He has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam\, TEDx Talk and NPR’s Snap Judgement. He received a New York Innovative Theater Award for his work with the New York Neo-Futurists’ Production of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind. He produces Capturing Fire Festival and Press. He has been on faculty at Kundiman\, Banff Spoken Word Arts & NYU’s Asian Pacific Studies Artist in Residence. Cabico is a founding Board Member of Split This Rock and a 2019 Le Maison Baldwin Fellowship Recipient. \n  \n  \nIsrael Colon\, author of Icarus ($12.00\, Toho Publishing) With inspired rhyme schemes and use of poetic forms\, Icarus confronts Israel Colon’s struggles with trauma\, religion\, and relationships. Through a mercilessly honest approach to writing\, Colon shines a light on the experiences of a man barely keeping it together. A Philadelphia-based father\, poet\, and business operations professional\, Colon has a bachelor’s from Temple University and a master’s in industrial and organizational psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. His debut poetry chapbook chronicles his early life as an at-risk youth. “Icarus will send shivers down your spine. It will remind you of the power of poetry and leave you wanting to read it again.”? Andrs Cruciani\, author of The Father and editor-in-chief of Toho Journal. \n  \nLucia Herrmann is a Miami-raised and Philly-based artist and educator. She has been published by Apiary\, Toho Journal\, Defunkt Mag\, and has two pieces forthcoming in Jai-Alai Books’ Waterproof collection. In 2019\, Lucia was featured in two Philly FringeArts productions\, and she is very much looking forward to when theaters and performance spaces can safely reopen. She is a workshop leader for Green Street Poetry\, and a former poetry editor for Toho Journal. In the classroom and in her community\, Lucia is dedicated to the transformative and unifying power of creative expression. \n  \nSean Hanrahan\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-regie-cabico-israel-colon-lucia-herrmann-with-sean-hanrahan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Quintin Collins\, Meg Kearney\, Iain Haley Pollock\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Quintin Collins\, Meg Kearney\, Iain Haley Pollock \nQuintin Collins (he/him) is a writer\, editor\, and Solstice MFA Program assistant director. His work appears in many print and online publications\, and his first full-length collection of poems is The Dandelion Speaks of Survival (Cherry Castle Publishing\, 2021). His second collection of poems\, Claim Tickets for Stolen People\, selected by Marcus Jackson as winner of The Journal’s 2020 Charles B. Wheeler Prize\, is forthcoming from The Ohio State University Press/Mad Creek Books in 2022. See more of his work on qcollinswriter.com. \n  \n  \nMeg Kearney’s All Morning the Crows\, winner of the Washington Prize\, is just out with The Word Works press. Meg is also author of An Unkindness of Ravens and Home By Now\, winner of the PEN New England L.L. Winship Award; a heroic crown\, The Ice Storm\, published as a chapbook in 2020; and three verse novels for teens. Her award-winning picture book\, Trouper\, is illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Meg’s poetry has been featured on Garrison Keillor’s “A Writer’s Almanac” and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry” series\, and included in the 2017 Best American Poetry anthology (Natasha Tretheway\, guest editor). She lives in New Hampshire and directs the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program in Massachusetts. Visit www.megkearney.com. \nIain Haley Pollock is the author of two poetry collections\, Ghost\, Like a Place (Alice James Books\, 2018)\, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award\, and Spit Back a Boy\, winner of the 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Individual poems have appeared in American Poetry Review\, The Baffler\, and The New York Times Magazine. Pollock teaches English at Rye Country Day School in Rye\, NY\, and is a member of the poetry faculty at the Solstice MFA program of Pine Manor College. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-quintin-collins-meg-kearney-iain-haley-pollock-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Tom Garvey with Charles S. Carr
DESCRIPTION:2021 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series: Charles S. Carr talks with Tom Garvey\, Author of The Secret Apartment: Vet Stadium\, a surreal memoir \nWatch the live broadcast at Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV: https://phillycam.org/watch \nTom Garvey\, an Airborne\, Ranger and Special Forces qualified officer\, served as an A-Team Leader in Viet Nam in 1968 and returned home to mixed reviews about his stability and state of mind. Like many other Viet Nam Veterans\, he found few who cared to hear about his time overseas. Now\, with his wife Peggy and his wonderful family of five step children and their mates and two world class grandchild\, he has finally come home. Life is good. Life is very good indeed. \n  \n  \nIf I overheard anyone telling this story in a bar or at a party\, I wouldn’t believe it either. But I must confess\, I’d probably “scooch” a little closer\, eavesdropping\, unable to walk away. I’d have to find out how this yarn unraveled. Let’s begin an implausible story with a seemingly simple yet complex question. If you were single\, never married with no children or dependents\, would you\, if you had the opportunity\, have lived “on the down low” in a secret apartment in Veterans Stadium? In this proposal we have an off the wall South Philly version of “The Phantom of the Opera\,” but the larger notion this question begs could easily challenge the inner demons of sports fans anywhere. If you had an opportunity to live in a major sports stadium of a team you grew up loving\, what would you have done? In my case: I could\, so I did. \n  \n“Truth\, always strange\, is stranger than fiction.”~ Lord Byron \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-phillycam-tom-garvey-with-charles-s-carr/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Medicine Poetry - John Fox\, Sean Lynch\, Elizabeth Gordon McKim\, with Aaren Perry
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09  \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Medicine Poetry – John Fox\, Sean Lynch\, Elizabeth Gordon McKim \nJohn Fox\, founder of The Institute for Poetic Medicine\, began work with poetry & healing in 1981\, he is the author of Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making and Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making. In 2012 he started a training program for people to learn the art and practice of poetry-as-healer.  His work has made a significant impact on professionals in medicine\, psychology\, education\, pastoral care\, Veterans\, cancer support\, hospice\, drug and alcohol counseling\, immigrant and refugee concerns and elder care.  John taught poetry therapy for many years within the Expressive Therapy Department at the California Institute for Integral Studies\, The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology/Sofia University and within the Arts & Consciousness Department at John F. Kennedy University. \nSean Lynch\, he/him\, is a poet and editor who lives in South Philadelphia. His poems have appeared in journals including Hobart\, Meow Meow Pow Pow\, and Drunk Monkeys. He’s on the editorial board of Moonstone Arts Center and serves as the Program Director of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association. His Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor of choice is Citalopram. \n  \n  \n  \nElizabeth Gordon McKim’s latest book is Lovers In The Free Fall. The Jazz Poet of Lynn and poet laureate of the European School\, she offers the reader rich and diverse forms and shapes. Spoken word artist\, editor\, and teacher\, she is the author of eight collections of poetry\, and one teaching guide Beyond Words co-authored with Judith Steinbergh poet laureate of Brookline. McKim is a pioneer member of the Arts Institute for Expressive Therapy at Lesley University since 1974 under the direction of Shaun McNiff.  She has read and performed her poetry in countless venues\, locally and abroad. She loves to work improvisationally with musicians\, dancers\, visual artists\, and she teaches from a multi-arts trans-cultural perspective. \n  \nAaren Perry\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-medicine-poetry-john-fox-sean-lynch-elizabeth-gordon-mckim-with-aaren-perry/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: International Workers' Day Anthology
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: International Workers’ Day Anthology \n \nMay 1st is International Workers’ Day\, a time of celebration and opposition throughout the world\, except in the United States where it began. May Day commemorates the May 1st\, 1886 nationwide protest for the eight-hour day and the following “Haymarket Affair\,” a pivotal event in the history of workers’ and anarchist movements in which four labor organizers were hanged by the State in Chicago. May Day is also the ancient celebration of Spring and rebirth – the traditional time for planting new seeds in old ground. \nPoets have long reflected on work. What is it to you? Is it a burden\, a salve\, a joy? \nDonald Hall wrote a wonderful memoir called Life Work\, not what you do for money but what you do with your life. The Poetry Foundation has a terrific article\, Work Poems – Poetry about looking for jobs and working for a living. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69799/work-poems. \nRead What Work Is by Philip Levine; Brass Spittoons by Langston Hughes; Shirt by Robert Pinsky. \nWe asked poets to send us a poem on work for a Moonstone anthology. \nJoin us as we celebrate International Workers Day with poetry and bring a poem. \nContributors (Not all will be reading): \nMichele Belluomini \nMiriam Ben-Yoseph \nByron Beynon \nSarah Bowden \nMatilda Bray \nR. Bremner \nGrace Cavalieri \nTerence Culleton \nSteven Davison \nTerry Dugan \nChristine Ferrari \nStrickland \nMaria Gillan \nlinda goss \nBeejay Grob \nSteven Halpern \nBarbara Hobbie \nJoan Huffman \njack israel \nIrving Jones \nChris Kaiser \nMichael Levin \nKaren Mandell \nEmily Rose Miller \nLiz Minette \nDennis Moritz \nAnthony Palma \nJohn Polier \nDavid Radavich \nEsther Ramos \njoe roarty \nGeorge Schaefer \nJennifer Schneider \nBob Small \nSarah Trembath \nKelley White \nSamantha Wright
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-international-workers-day-anthology/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T203000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: International Jazz Day: aTONEment - Jazz Inspired Fables from Improvising Lives with John Lavin and Elijah Pringle
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87964733385?pwd=Nk5LN2FMNjhUeE5uVnQ2VVdBMVZPQT09 \nMeeting ID: 879 6473 3385 – Passcode: 904825 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: International Jazz Day: aTONEment – Jazz Inspired Fables from Improvising Lives \nA cross-genre poetry series melding musicians who play the notes with poets who take note! \nThis spotlight on Philly’s Art of Improvisation will witness Moonstone poet\, Raheem Curry trading solos with singer and composer extraordinaire\, Ella Gahnt. Also collaborating are jazz violinist\, Derek Washington\, and co-hosts: jazz percussionist\, John Lavin and poet\, Elijah B Pringle\, III. \n  \nJohn Lavin & Elijah B. Pringle\, III – Hosts \nWant to hear more about what this event entails? Listen to the fifth episode in our podcast series where three interns talk to the hosts of this event\, John Lavin and Elijah B. Pringle\, to learn more!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-international-jazz-day-atonement-jazz-inspired-fables-from-improvising-lives-with-john-lavin-and-elijah-pringle/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Catherine Bancroft\, David Kertis\, with Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Catherine Bancroft and David Kertis \nCatherine Bancroft writes poetry\, makes art\, and sometimes combines them.  She has read her poetry at Green Line Café\, PAFA\, Blue Marble Bookstore\, Fergie’s Pub\, and other local spots. Her visual art has appeared at Muse Gallery\, 3rd Street Gallery\, St Asaph’s Gallery\, DaVinci Art Alliance\, among others\, and in one-woman shows at the Fackenthal-Pethick Gallery at the Baldwin School\, and FireWorks Gallery in Camden. Her current “Ellis Island Series\,” in conte crayon and acrylic\, was inspired by photographs of early 20th century immigrants. Two Scottish Girls from her Ellis Island Series recently won Best Painting at Main Line Art Center’s 2020 Members Exhibition. Earlier in her life she taught English to high school and college students\, and wrote book reviews for The Philadelphia Inquirer\, the New York Times\, and Ms. Magazine. She is the co-author of two children’s books\, including “Felix’s Hat.” \nDavid Kertis\, author of Word of the Day. was born in 1955 and grew up in northern New Jersey. He attended Oberlin College where he studied creative writing with David Young\, and has lived in Philadelphia since 1978. He is married and works as a claims adjuster. In Philadelphia\, he has studied with Leonard Gontarek and Eleanor Wilner. He has been published online in Frigate and Apiary and given a number of readings in the Philadelphia area. His book\, Word of the Day\, has recently been published. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-catherine-bancroft-david-kertis-with-alina-macneal-jennifer-hook/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210424T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading in Collaboration with Serotonin: Kristin Garth\, Susan Triemert\, Lucy Zhang\, with Sean Lynch
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 \nVirtual Poetry Reading in Collaboration with Serotonin: Kristin Garth\, Susan Triemert\, and Lucy Zhang \nCheck out Serotonin Poetry @ serotoninpoetry.org \nKristin Garth is a Pushcart\, Rhysling nominated sonneteer and a Best of the Net 2020 finalist.  Her sonnets have stalked journals like Glass\, Yes\, Five:2:One\, Luna Luna and more. She is the author of 20 books of poetry including Candy Cigarette Womanchild Noir (Hedgehog Poetry Press)\, Flutter Southern Gothic Fever Dream (TwistiT Press)\, and Girlarium (Fahmidan Journal).  She is the founder of Pink Plastic House a tiny journal and co-founder of Performance Anxiety\, an online poetry reading series. Follow her on Twitter: (@lolaandjolie) and her website kristingarth.com \n  \nSusan Triemert holds an MA in Education and an MFA from Hamline University in St. Paul\, MN. Her essays\, stories and poems have been published or forthcoming in various print and online journals\, most recently North Dakota Quarterly\, Gone Lawn\, Boston Literary Magazine\, and Ghost Parachute. She lives in St. Paul with her family\, most of whom have fur. You can find her on Twitter at @SusanTriemert \n  \n  \n  \nLucy Zhang writes\, codes\, and watches anime. Her work has appeared in Lost Balloon\, New Delta Review\, EX/POST\, Jet Fuel Review\, Third Point Press\, and elsewhere. She is an editor for Heavy Feather Review and assistant fiction editor for Pithead Chapel. Find her at https://kowaretasekai.wordpress.com/ or on Twitter @Dango_Ramen. \n  \nSean Lynch\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-in-collaboration-with-serotonin-kristin-garth-susan-triemert-lucy-zhang-with-sean-lynch/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Ryan Eckes\, Jake Syersak\, Robert Zaller\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Ryan Eckes\, Jake Syersak\, and Robert Zaller \nRyan Eckes is a poet from Philadelphia. His most recent books\, Wet Money\, Fine Nothing and General Motors\, are available free online. Eckes has worked as an adjunct professor and labor organizer in education\, and he co-edits Radiator Press. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJake Syersak is a poet\, translator\, and editor living in Seattle\, WA. He is the author of the recent poetry chapbook Vortex(t) (CoastNoCoast\, 2020) and the full-length poetry collection Yield Architecture (Burnside Review Press\, 2018). In 2021\, Trembling Pillow Press will publish his newest full-length poetry collection\, Mantic Compost. He is also the translator of several collections of poetry by Moroccan author Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine\, including Proximal Morocco— (Ugly Duckling Presse\, forthcoming 2023) and Resurrection of Wild Flowers (Oomph! Press\, forthcoming 2021). With Pierre Joris\, he co-translated Khaïr-Eddine’s hybrid novel\, Agadir (Lavender Ink/Diálogos Press\, 2020). He and Paul Cunningham currently co-edit Radioactive Cloud\, a micro-press. \n  \n \nRobert Zaller\, historian\, critic\, poet\, and playwright\, is Drexel Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus.  A scholar of Robinson Jeffers and of British constitutional history\, his work includes seven books and chapbooks of poetry\, most recently Speaking to Power and The Dresden Zoo.  He is also the translator of the work of his late wife\, Lili Bita\, and with her of the Greek poet Nikiforos Vrettakos.  His honors include a Guggenheim fellowship\, and he is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society.  He lives in Bala Cynwyd. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-ryan-eckes-robert-zaller-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Moonstone International - From France in Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia: Sojourner Ahebee\, Lisette Lombré\, Mathias Malzieu\, Daria Nelson\, Jacques Perry Salkow\, Suzanne Rault-Balet\, with Aaren Perry & Sonia Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Moonstone International – From France in Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia \nSojourner Ahebee was born in Cote d’Ivoire to an American mother and Ivoirien father\, Sojourner Ahebee writes stories about African diaspora identities and the eternal question of home and belonging. Her poems have been published in The Atlantic\, Muzzle Magazine\, For Harriet\, Apiary Magazine and elsewhere. In 2013 she served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets presenting original work and was invited to the White House to garner her award. A graduate of Stanford University\, she is a recipient of the MacDowell Fellowship\, and author of  Reporting from the Belly of the Night. Sojourner Ahebee est née en Côte d’Ivoire\, d’une mère américaine et un père ivoirien. Elle écrit sur des sujets tels que les identités de la diaspora africaine ou encore la question d’appartenance. Ses poèmes ont été publiés dans le journal The Atlantic\, les magazines Muzzle\, For Harriet\, Winter Tangerine Review\, Apiary\, et bien d’autres. En 2013\, elle reçoit la plus haute distinction pour des jeunes poètes présentant un travail original: Le National Student Poet. Michelle Obama\, alors première Dame des Etats Unis\, l’a reçue à la maison Blanche cette même année pour lui remettre sa décoration. Elle est diplômée de l’Université de Stanford où elle a passé 4 ans à étudier le programme d’études africaines et afro-américaines. Son premier recueil de poésies\, Reporting from the Belly of the Night \n  \nLisette Lombé is Belgium and Congolese\, a renowned figure of the slam scene in Belgium\, she defends all minorities with passion. For her activism\, she was awarded the distinction of citizen of honor of the city of Liège. Antiracists\, feminists\, queers\, politicals\, her poems are a vital need to denounce violence and injustices. Lisette Lombe also expresses herself through collages reflecting the turning points in the movements for rights for Black Americans. Photo credits: © Ed Alcock. Lisette Lombré née en 1978\, est belgo-congolaise. Grande figure de la scène slam en Belgique\, elle défend avec rage toutes les minorités. Elle a été nommée citoyenne d’honneur de la ville de Liège pour son activisme. Elle est l’autrice de Black words et Venus poetica (L’Arbre à paroles). Antiracistes\, féministes\, queers\, politiques\, les mots de Lisette Lombé font battre le pavé et le cœur du lecteur. Écrire est un besoin vital pour dénoncer les violences\, les injustices\, les crimes impunis\, avec toujours la scène comme terrain d’exploration : le slam est conçu pour être dit\, l’écriture rythmée\, intense et expressive. Lisette Lombé s’exprime aussi à l’aide de collages\, rappelant les grandes heures des combats pour les droits civiques des Noirs américains (Angela Davis\, Martin Luther King…).  \n  \nMathias Malzieu started his poetic career in 1993\, when he founded the rock band Dionysos. Ever since\, his poetic world is shaped in books\, records and movies. After two books translated in more than 20 countries and read by more than a million people\, LE DÉRÈGLEMENT JOYEUX DE LA MÉTRIQUE AMOUREUSE is his first poetry book. Daria Nelson is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in Ukraine\, she has been living in France since 2016. She was finalist at the Picto de la Jeune Photographie de Monde (Fashion Photography Awards)  in 2016. Photo credits: © Ed Alcoc. Mathias Malzieu entame sa carrière d’homme poétique en 1993 en fondant le groupe de rock Dionysos. Depuis\, il développe son univers sous forme de livres\, de disques\, de films. Après La Mécanique du cœur et Journal d’un vampire en pyjama\, traduits dans plus de vingts pays et qui ont touché plus d’un million de lecteurs\, LE DÉRÈGLEMENT JOYEUX DE LA MÉTRIQUE AMOUREUSE est son premier recueil de poèmes. Daria Nelson est une artiste plasticienne et photographe née en Ukraine. Elle vit en France depuis 2016. Elle a été finaliste du prix Picto de la Jeune Photographie de Mode en 2016. \n  \nJacques Perry Salkow has two loves: music and words. Graduated from the Dick Grove School of music in Los Angeles (piano)\, he is also the author of many impish books\, including: Les Dessous des mots d’amour\, avec Frédéric Schmitter (Points-Seuil\, 2010) ; Anagrammes renversantes ou le Sens caché du monde\, avec Étienne Klein (Flammarion\, 2011) ; Anagrammes à quatre mains\, avec Karol Beffa (Actes Sud\, 2018) ; Sorel Éros. Palindrome\, avec Frédéric Schmitter (Rivages\, 2020) ; Anagrammes dans le boudoir\, avec Laurence Castelain (Actes Sud\, 2020). He lives in Touraine\, France. Jacques Perry-Salkow a deux amours\, les notes et les mots. Pianiste de jazz diplômé de la Dick Grove School of Music de Los Angeles\, il est aussi l’auteur de plusieurs livres malicieux dont Les Dessous des mots d’amour\, avec Frédéric Schmitter (Points-Seuil\, 2010) ; Anagrammes renversantes ou le Sens caché du monde\, avec Étienne Klein (Flammarion\, 2011) ; Anagrammes à quatre mains\, avec Karol Beffa (Actes Sud\, 2018) ; Sorel Éros. Palindrome\, avec Frédéric Schmitter (Rivages\, 2020) ; Anagrammes dans le boudoir\, avec Laurence Castelain (Actes Sud\, 2020). Il vit en Touraine. Photo credits © Natacha Giraldo. \n  \nSuzanne Rault-Balet is a french artist born in 1993. Author\, performer\, photographer\, she has made her free and wandering way of life a main source of inspiration. Going back and forth with long poems and mesmerizing punchlines – which she also shares and sings on stage – Suzanne Rault-Balet questions her time\, moves the lines of emotions\, bodies and desires in an uncompromising style and draws up a sensitive and raw portrait of ultra-modern loneliness. Photo credits: © Ed Alcock. Suzanne Rault-Balet est une artiste Française née en 1993. Auteure\, comédienne\, photographe\, elle a fait de l’errance son mode de vie et la source de son inspiration. Par une écriture libre et sans concession\, alternant poèmes au long cours et punchlines troublantes\, qu’elle interprète et chante désormais sur scène\, Suzanne Rault-Balet interpelle son époque\, bouscule et interroge les corps\, les coeurs\, les désirs et dresse un portrait sensible et cru de l’ultra-moderne solitude.  \n  \nAaren Perry & Sonia Robin\, Hosts – In Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia \n \nAlliance Française de Philadelphie \n1420 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA 19102
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-moonstone-international-from-france-in-association-with-alliance-francaise-de-philadelphia-sojourner-ahebee-lisette-lombre-mathias-malzieu-daria-nelson-jacques-perry-sal/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: National Haiku Poetry Day Anthology
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: National Haiku Poetry Day Anthology  \nObserved annually on April 17\, National Haiku Poetry Day encourages all to try their hand in creativity. Haiku poetry is a form of Japanese poetry that is non-rhyming and usually consists of 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5. Usually\, an element of nature\, a season\, moment of beauty\, or an individual experience inspires haiku poems. Sensory language is used to capture a feeling\, image or moment. \nAs one of the world’s oldest and most regularly used forms of poetry\, many poets wrote many haiku. While the most well-known is Matsuo Basho\, others we may recognize are William Blake\, T.S. Eliot\, Richard Wright and Maya Angelou. Try capturing an entire moment or emotion in 17 syllables and getting it right. English haiku does not always follow the strict syllable count found in Japanese haiku \nJoin us as the contributors to Moonstone’s Haiku Poetry Day Anthology read their work. \nNot all contributors will be reading: \nFran Abrams \nCarolyn Adams \nSandra Anfang \nFran Baird \nSunday Banks \nEben Bein \nMiriam Ben-Yoseph \nWilleena Booker \nSam Boone \nElizabeth Boquet \nChris Bray \nMatilda Bray \nJill Bronfman \nGrace Cavalieri \nEulinda A. \nClarke-Akalanne \nJ.J. Cole \nAva Compagnoni \nDamien Cooper \nSusan Cummings \nJohn Davis \nJohn DeBruicker \nKathryn Devlin \nElinor Donahue \nDonatella du Plessis \nPhilip Dykhouse \nAlfred Encarnacion \nCole Eubanks \nKatherine Falk \nHugh Findlay \nPhilip Foster \nHarvey Gardner \nValerie Gay \nLinda goss \nPaz Griot \nBeejay Grob \nHanoch guy \nDagmar Holl \nJudit Hollos \nJoan Huffman \nMaria James-Thiaw \nNageena Johnson \nIrving Jones \nChris Kaiser \nSarah Karowski \nCarl Kaucher J \names Ph. Kotsybar \nEd Krizek \nResolute Lee \nFrederick Lowe \nSean Lynch \nWarren Longmire \nDeirdre Maher \nJames Mancinelli \nLinda Martin \nElinor mattern \nHelen Mazarakis \nChristina McIntire \nAndrew McLean \nAnn Michael \nDrew Miller \nDavid Mook \nChristopher Moore \nMr. Mosolino \nLeonard Niedermayer \nGloria Nixon-John \nDiane Oesau \nKen Olson \nHermond Palmer \nJoan Penn \nVictoria Peurifoy \nKate Potter \nElijah Pringle \nLarry Robin \nSonia Sanchez \nGeorge Schaefer \nJennifer Schneider \nNaila Schulte \nFereshteh Sholevar \nJohn Sime \nLinda Simone \nNoel Sloboda \nBob Small \nAndrew Sorokowski \nLamont B. Steptoe \nCarole stone \nSherry Stratton \nRenee Szostek \nTherese Taha \nCatherine Trapani \nSarah J. Trembath \nSandra Turner-Barnes \nLois Villemaire \nSharon Wellons \nKelley White \nCarol Williams \nShay Wills \nNellie Wong \nSamantha Wright \nDaniel Zehner \nLarry Robin\, Host. Open Reading Follows.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-national-haiku-poetry-day/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210414T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Miriam N. Kotzin\, Michelle Taransky\, Kevin Varrone\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Miriam N. Kotzin\, Michelle Taransky\, and Kevin Varrone \nMiriam N. Kotzin is the author of five collections of poetry\, most recently\, Debris Field and The Body’s Bride. Her poetry and fiction have been published in anthologies and in journals including Shenandoah\, Boulevard\, SmokeLong Quarterly\, Eclectica\, \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMichelle Taransky is author of Sorry Was In The Woods\, and Barn Burned\, Then\, winner of the Omnidawn Poetry and Abramowitz-Goldberg. Taransky directs the reading series at Kelly Writers House\, work as Reviews Editor for the poetics journal Jacket2\, and appear as a regular guest on the popular poetry podcast series\, PoemTalk. \n  \n  \n  \nKevin Varrone has worked for over 10 years on a multiple-book project entitled g-point Almanac. Eephus\, is the fourth book in the project\, written in a style that Varrone describes as “research lyric\,” synthesizing historical anecdotes\, slowly unfolding narratives\, and language experimentation. \n  \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-miriam-n-kotzin-michelle-taransky-kevin-varrone-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210411T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210411T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T170808
CREATED:20210316T164922Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Moonstone International - From France in Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia: Jamika Ajalon\, Malik Ameer Crumpler\, Nina Zivancevic\, with Aaren Perry & Sonia Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Moonstone International – From France in Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia \nJamika Ajalon is the author of “Take back the Narrative” and a novel “SKY PAPERS” coming out via The Feminist Press in NY in June. Ajalon is also a musician whose latest album is “rebooted” with Jamika & the Argonauts and will be released this year. Jamika is also known for her insightful filmmaking. Her latest film to do the circuits is “Coffee Pot” 2020.  She has written many academic texts on Afro futurism\, Narrative\, and Memory. Her web page is: www.jamikaajalon.com. \n  \n  \nMalik Ameer Crumpler is a poet\, rapper\, composer\, editor\, producer\, P.R. Writer & teacher that’s been involved in over fifty albums\, several glitch art films\, six poetry books & one book of raps\, Beneath The Underground. He’s the co-poetry editor/co-host with Paris Lit Up\, editor-at-large of The Opiate\, curator for Poets Live & co-founder of Those That This. He currently lives in Paris\, France. “The Rest Is Now (a poetry EP)” published with The Isolation Collection Anthology is Malik’s most recent Poetry offering which he toured throughout France\, England\, Amsterdam\, and Washington D.C. thanks to a generous grant from Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2020.. \n \nNina Zivancevic’s new book of poetry\, ROLLERSKATING NOTES will be published by Cool Grove Press in New York in September of 2021. Her first book was published in 1982. In the two preceding years she worked as a secretary and assistant to Allen Ginsberg. Zivancevic\, Serbian born poet\, author\, critic and correspondent has published more than twenty books – poetry and prose – and has translated numerous works into Serbian. A PhD in Comparative Literature and Slavic Studies\, she taught English Language and Literature at the Sorbonne and other European universities. Zivancevic\, currently living in Paris\, has received three awards and a grant for her outstanding literary achievements. \n  \nAaren Perry & Sonia Robin\, Hosts – In Association with Alliance Française de Philadelphia \n \nAlliance Française de Philadelphie \n1420 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA 19102
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-moonstone-international-joining-us-from-paris-jamika-ajalon-malik-ameer-crumpler-nina-zivancevic-with-aaren-perry-sonia-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T170808
CREATED:20210323T144951Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices - Emerging Poets\, Isabel Acosta\, David Jones\, Han Yang\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: New Voices – Emerging Poets\, Isabel Acosta\, David Jones\, and Han Yang \nNew Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. \nIsabel Acosta is a twenty-year-old aspiring poet who hopes to one day touch the hearts of many through her writing. After being born and raised in a small town in West Texas\, she currently resides in Pennsylvania where she is studying English and Communications at Rosemont College. Some of her favorite poems include “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman\, “A Glimpse” by Walt Whitman\, and “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe. From poems about love to social justice\, Acosta strives to show her audience that feeling emotion and wanting to be heard in the world is important. She states that even if her writing were to change one person’s life\, she knows that she achieved her goal. \nDavid Jones is a Philadelphia native\, and former Youth Poet Laureate for the City of Philadelphia (2015-16). His work has appeared in Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice published by Michigan State University Press. David loves mangoes and Hip-Hop. He writes with the intent to heal and believes that poetry is an art form that goes far beyond the written word. \n  \n  \n  \nHan Yang is a senior biology student at Haverford College who brings a refreshing take on poetry through her scientific background. Her poetry takes an experimental tone and is interwoven with bold imagery and lucid contemplations. Her experiences with English as a second language and as an outsider to the traditional world of poetry have both shaped and liberated her style. Her most recent work was published in Milkweed\, Haverford College’s literary magazine. Outside of poetry\, Han also enjoys writing personal reflection and other nonfiction pieces. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host. Open Reading Follows.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-new-voices-emerging-poets-isabel-acosta-david-jones-han-yang-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T170808
CREATED:20210318T153032Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Terry M. Dugan\, Isabella Piacentino\, Rob Wright\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82768729107?pwd=ZzJmSkp0S1g0SU1ab2N6Nm5WcDByUT09 \nMeeting ID: 827 6872 9107 – Passcode: 896169 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Terry M. Dugan\, Isabella Piacentino\, and Rob Wright \nTerry M. Dugan writes poetry and prose about the collateral damage people suffer from wars\, gun violence and the AIDS/addiction epidemic. Her work has appeared in Alimentum\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Womens’ Studies  Quarterly\, A&U Magazine\,  New Verse News\, Inkwell and numerous anthologies including Poetry Ink\, The Anthology of New England Poets and Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora. She has read at the United Nations\, Hudson Valley Writers Center\, Moonstone Arts Center\, Hudson Valley Center for the Contemporary Arts\, and Bowery Poetry Club\, Bread and Roses Gallery\, Fordham University\, and on nytalkradio.net. \n  \nIsabella Piacentino is studying to be a high school English teacher at Temple. You can find her work in Moonstone Art Center’s New Voices #3 and Featured Poets Anthology\, as well as in Hyphen (Temple’s Literary Magazine) and on the websites of Yikes Magazine\, Anti-Herion\, and Short Edition. When she is not writing\, she is jamming out to her “middle school dance 2009-2013” playlist or (most likely) sifting through mountains of homework. \n  \n  \nRob Wright has now chosen to spend his time writing after working for three decades in film production\, He currently serves as associate fiction editor for Able Muse\, and has been awarded three Fellowships in Literature from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, and has published fiction\, reviews\, and poetry in Able Muse\, Angle\, Big City Lit\, the Evansville Review\, Measure\, Rattle\, String Poet\, and the Schuylkill Valley Journal. A finalist for the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award\, he recently was awarded the Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry and was honored to give a reading at the home of Frost in Derry\, New Hampshire. \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-terry-m-dugan-isabella-piacentino-rob-wright-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210407T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T170808
CREATED:20210316T163900Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Elizabeth Catanese\, Darla Himeles\, Ysabel Y. Gonzalez with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nVirtual Poetry Reading: Elizabeth Catanese\, Darla Himeles\, and Ysabel Y. Gonzalez \nElizabeth Catanese is a writer and artist whose poems have appeared in The Pittsburgh Poetry Review\, The Stillwater Review\, OVS\, Anomalous Press\, Referential Magazine\, and Calyx. Her most recent books include A Student’s Companion for How to Write Anything and STEAM Jobs You’ll Love: Architecture and Construction. \n  \n  \n  \nDarla Himeles is the author of Flesh Enough and Cleave. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Massachusetts Review\, NAILED Magazine\, Lesbians are Miracles\, The Night Heron Barks\, and Atticus Review. She is poetry editor for Platform Review and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and for Best of the Net. \n  \n  \nYsabel Y. Gonzalez is Assistant Director for the Poetry Program at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation\, is a CantoMundo Fellow and has been published in Paterson Literary Review; Tinderbox Journal; Anomaly; and others. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of Wild Invocations. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-elizabeth-catanese-darla-himeles-ysabel-y-gonzalez-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T183000
DTSTAMP:20260427T170808
CREATED:20210316T163106Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @PhillyCAM: The Spiritual in Poetry with Leonard Gontarek and Charles S. Carr
DESCRIPTION:Watch the live broadcast: \nComcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV:  \nhttps://phillycam.org/watch \n2021 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series: The Spiritual in Poetry with Leonard Gontarek \nIn many ways\, writing poems and the reading of poems are spiritual acts. The poem resembles a prayer. It can be an invocation or a plea. Its origin is a sacred memory and its source\, an illumination. Leonard Gontarek will discuss this through examples of his own poetry\, in conversation with Charles Carr. \nLeonard Gontarek is the author of seven books of poems\, including Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket\, Shiva. His poems have appeared in Field\, Poet Lore\, Verse Daily\, Fence\, Poetry Northwest\, American Poetry Review\, Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry\, and The Best American Poetry. He coordinates Peace/Works\, Poetry In Common\, Philly Poetry Day\, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series\, he conducts the poetry workshop: Making Poems That Last. His poem\, 37 Photos From The Bridge\, selected by Alice Quinn\, was a Poetry winner for the Big Bridges MotionPoems project and the basis for the award-winning film sponsored by the Weisman Art Museum. \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-phillycam-the-spiritual-in-poetry-with-leonard-gontarek-and-charles-s-carr/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210331T190000
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CREATED:20210218T190606Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Five New Chapbooks from the Moonstone Press: Carey Hunter Davis\, Peter F. Murphy\, Leonard Neufeldt\, Monika Wysong\, Seki'afua Zankel\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737    Passcode: 678146 \n5 New Chapbooks from the Moonstone Press \nCarey Hunter Davis began writing poetry as a day dreaming fourth grader once she realized words could enhance day dreaming. Her days are spent in writing and reading poetry. Recently dancingirlpress published a collection of her poems\, “THE A POEMS.”  Her work has also been published by the journals: Poeming Pidgeon\, Echoes\, Black Panda Press and the collections: Island of Geese and Stars\, The Weird World Rolls On\, Sarasvati Takes Pegasus As Her Mount\, as well as other venues. It’s The Way We Live $10.00 (ISBN 978-1-946150-75-2) https://square.online/app/store/users/129102844/sites/541329794836208511/#/store/products/245 \n  \n  \n  \nPeter F. Murphy grew up on the St. Lawrence River in Alexandria Bay\, NY\, the Heart of the Thousand Islands\, where he learned to shoot pool and ice fish. His poems have appeared in the Birmingham Poetry Review\, New Madrid\, and The Café Review. His critical work includes three books on men and masculinity: Studs\, Tools\, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By; Fictions of Masculinity; and Feminism and Masculinities. Maps of Three Continents\, $10.00 (ISBN 978-1-94615077-6) https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/murphy-peter-f-maps-of-three-continents/250?cs=true&cst=custom \n  \n  \n  \nLeonard Neufeldt “The philosopher George Santayana defined life as the fixation of significant points of interest in the flux of experience. In our interactions with our human world\, certain moments in our relationships offer more than just a transient happening and a brush stroke of memory; they take on a kind of “life meaning” deeply implicated in our own lives. The poems focus on particular tensions and burdens of a strong interaction with the human community.  Figures in Time\, $10.00 (ISBN 978-1-946150-76-9) https://square.online/app/store/users/129102844/sites/541329794836208511/#/store/products/243 \n  \n  \n  \nMonika Wysong is a Philadelphia based poet\, playwright and psychotherapist. Her play\, Laundromat\, appeared on Philadelphia’s PBS station\, and she has been a semi-finalist in the Louisville Actors’ Theater playwriting competition. Her poems have appeared in American Writing. “ Monika Wysong has given us poems of the body othered by trauma and reclaimed through identification with the natural world.” J .C. Todd\, author of The Damages of Morning. Poems for The Rest of Us\, $10.00 (ISBN 978-1-946150-78-3 https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/wysong-monika-poems-for-the-rest-of-us/253?cs=true&cst=custom \n  \n  \n  \nSekai’afua Zankel\, actor\, writer\, and poet\, She is the author of Behind These Eyes/Optical Poems\, and a winner of the Leeway Foundation\, Art and Change Grant for her Poetry Play\, Miss Pearl’s Spirit: In the Mysteries of Mirrors. Her poems have been published In the CAP literary magazine\, “Poetry Ink”\, several Anthologies\, and in “Apiary”\, 7 Power Issue. Sekai lives in Philadelphia with her husband\, musician Bobby Zankel. What I Heard\, $10.00 (ISBN 978-946150-66-0) https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/zankel-sekai-afua-what-i-heard/248?cs=true&cst=custom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-five-new-chapbooks-from-the-moonstone-press-carey-hunter-davis-peter-f-murphy-leonard-neufeldt-monika-wysong-sekiafua-zankel-with-larry-robin/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210328T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 \nRemembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti \nOn February 22\, 2021 Lawrence Ferlinghetti died at 101. In the 1950s\, Ferlinghetti’s San Francisco bookstore\, City Lights\, was the center of the Beat Movement. Ferlinghetti published many of the writers whose goal was to “write in an authentic\, unfettered style.” Ferlinghetti was arrested for obscenity for publishing Howl by Allen Ginsburg in 1956\, but Judge Clayton Horn decided that the poem was of “redeeming social importance”. \nJoin us in remembering Ferlinghetti and the Beat Movement \n “I have a personal connection with Ferlinghetti. While I never met him\, he influenced my life.  A Coney Island of the Mind (1958) was the first poetry book that reached me\, at the age of 16 my friends and I sat around reading it aloud to each other. His fight against censorship also influenced me. When Tropic of Cancer was published by Grove Press in 1961\, Robin’s Book Store was the test case in Pennsylvania. While Ferlinghetti won his case\, we lost. Another Tropic of Cancer case made it to the Supreme Court which permitted sales in the United States.” – Larry Robin \nNot All contributors Will Be Reading: \nJoseph Bathanti \nJoan Bauer \nKen Been \nR. Bremner \nMaryrose Carroll \nGreg Colburn \nTerry Dugan \nOliver Egger \nMarie-Louise Eyres \nFrancis Flavin \nJoan Huffman \nJones Irwin \nIrving Jones \nChris Kaiser \nLeonard Kress \nJim LaVilla-Havelin \nJim McDade \nRichard Paul \nJoan Penn \nKenneth Pobo \nJohn Polier \nLarry Robin \nAri Robinson \nGeorge Schaefer \nLinda Simone \nBob Small \nDiana Tenes \nKelley White \nSamantha Wright \nRobert Zaller
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-remembering-lawrence-ferlinghetti/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Kirwyn Sutherland\, Sekai'afua Zankel\, with Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737     Passcode: 678146 \nKirwyn Sutherland is author of Jump Ship\, a Clinical Research Professional and poet who makes poems centering the black experience in America. He is a Watering Hole fellow\, has attended workshops/residencies at Cave Canem\, Winter Tangerine\, Poets House\, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym\, and Pearlstein Art Gallery\, was a member of the 2015 Philadelphia Pigeon Slam Team and a member of  the 2016 Philadelphia Fuze Poetry Slam Team.  Kirwyn’s work has been published in American Poetry Review\, Blueshift Journal\, APIARY Magazine\, FOLDER\, The Wanderer and elsewhere.  He has served as Editor of Lists/Book Reviewer for WusGood magazine and poetry editor for APIARY Magazine and currently teaching Spoken Word/Poetry Performance at the University of the Arts. \n  \nSekai’afua Zankel\, actor\, writer\, and poet\, She is the author of Behind These Eyes/Optical Poems\, and a winner of the Leeway Foundation\, Art and Change Grant for her Poetry Play\, Miss Pearl’s Spirit: In the Mysteries of Mirrors. Her poems have been published In the CAP literary magazine\, “Poetry Ink”\, several Anthologies\, and in “Apiary”\, 7 Power Issue. Sekai lives in Philadelphia with her husband\, musician Bobby Zankel. \n  \n  \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-kirwyn-sutherland-sekaiafua-zankel-with-alina-macneal-jennifer-hook/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: National Be Nasty Day & International Women's Day
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956    Passcode: 704102 \nMarch 8th is National Be Nasty Day and International Women’s Day. \nIt reminded me of an event we did 2017 when “Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse” edited by Grace Bauer & Julie Kane came out. It is an excellent anthology\, and the event was lots of fun\, as women responded to Donald Trump’s comment that Hillary Clinton was a Nasty Woman. \n“Like beauty\, “nasty” is in the eye of the beholder… The call for poems made it clear that we were looking for broader—and more varied—perspectives on women’s experience. Women poets have always been resisting\, reclaiming\, and reinventing—sometimes subtly\, sometimes more overtly. To my mind\, any refusal to allow others to define what it means to be a woman is a kind of resistance.” – Grace Bauer \nPoets respond in this spirit\, in the second year of the pandemic. \nContributors in anthology include: \nEmily Batemon \nAja Beech \nWendy Blaxland \nEve Chilali \nMinna Duchovnay \nSuzanne Eaton \nRUNETT EBO \nSophia Falco \nChristine Ferrari Strickland \nHanoch guy \nRachel Haas-Gutin \nDolores Hayden \nEmiliann Lorenzen \nJerri Ketcham McDermott \nEmily Rose Miller \nLiz Minette \nClaire Nolan \nIsabella Piacentino \nKate Potter \nSusanna Rich \nGeorge Schaefer \nJennifer Schneider \nLeanne Shirtliffe \nSolana Warner \nKelley White \nLinda Whittenberg \nSamantha Wright
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-national-be-nasty-day-international-womens-day/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 \nMeeting ID: 828 5509 3815    Passcode: 838862 \nThe New Voices program consists of monthly readings by poets under the age of 25\, plus a bi-annual publication. Moonstone’s objective is to expand your audience\, introduce you to others who share your interest in poetry but are in different communities or go to different schools. \n  \nA Voice for Everyone \nListen\, Share\, Connect with Other Writers. \nOpen Reading Follows \n  \n  \nContributors in anthology include: \nIsabel Acosta \nJared Alicea \nColby Bellman \nMatilda Bray \nIsabel Catalan \nChina Rain Chung \nCora Clark \nMichaela Coll \nYves Marie Desir \nJoanna Flynn \nStephanie Frank \nL. J. Gallagher \nSamuel Gunther \nLindsay Hargrave \nRyan Hiemenz \nNikole Hood \nMarygrace Irvine \nDavid Jones \nBrianna Jones-Hollis \nAlexandra Marino \nMichaela Mazzeo \nIsabella McIlvaine \nAustin McLain \nShannon Montgomery \nJessica Moulder \nAudrey Movsesian \nClaire Petersen \nIsabella Piacentino \nTaleen Postian \nDani Radosh \nIsabella Rice \nRachel Rosenblatt \nAimee Schwartz \nDavi Schweizer \nVincent Sergiacomi \nMadison Starinieri \nKelly Thompson \nDuPree Walker \nHan Yang
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-new-voices/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T190000
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UID:15497-1616007600-1616007600@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Nathalie Anderson\, Thomas Devaney\, Mary Madec\, with Larry Robin
DESCRIPTION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737    Passcode: 678146 \nNathalie Anderson is a poet\, librettist\, and educator based in the Philadelphia suburbs.  Her books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire\, Crawlers\, Quiver\, Stain\, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  Her poems have appeared in such journals as Atlanta Review\, DoubleTake\, Natural Bridge\, The New Yorker\, Nimrod\, and Plume; and she has authored libretti for five operas.  She also manages the list-serv Lit-Philly.  A 1993 Pew Fellow\, she has taught for 39 years at Swarthmore College\, where she serves as Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor in the Department of English Literature\, and directs the Program in Creative Writing. \n  \nThomas Devaney is a poet and educator based in Philadelphia. He wrote and co-director the film Bicentennial City with Green House Media (2020). Devaney is the author of Getting to Philadelphia\, Hanging Loose Press (2019) and You Are the Battery\, Black Square Editions (2019). His work is featured in Best American Poetry 2019 and he is 2014 Pew Fellow. He is on the Advisory Board of Blue Stoop: A Home for Philly Writers and he teaches at Haverford College. \n  \n  \n  \nMary Madec’s most recent book The Egret Lands with News From Other Parts has been described by Medbh McGuckian as\, “extraordinary\, celebrating the\, “crazy mystery of good agony\,” in a solemn mixture of the banal and the prophetic; these are poems about poems and poets\, birds and the bible\, war and married life\, children and childhood\, insects and parents. Deeply rooted in Irish myth they explore female territories explicitly\, culminating in moving dirges for the mother figure. She has a PhD\, in Linguistics\, from the University of Pennsylvania\, a Master’s in Old English Poetry from NUI\, Galway) and two other collection from Salmon Poetry In Other Words\, 2010\, and Demeter Does Not Remember 2014\, She won the Hennessy XO Prize for Emerging Poetry in 2008. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-nathalie-anderson-thomas-devaney-mary-madec-with-larry-robin/
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