Sunday June 2, 2019 – noon Moonstone at 1199C Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street Hello! We are hosting our 23rd annual Poetry Ink release event which will be commemorated by readings from 84 (not quite 100 this year!) poets. Join us in enjoying the work of academic poets, famous poets, free form poets, street poets, unknown […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series at PhillyCAM Join us as the poets who Moonstone has published discuss poetry and read their poems. Ahmad Almallah’s first book of poems, Bitter English will be published in 2019. He received the 2018 Edith Goldberg Paulson Memorial Prize for Creative Writing, and his set of poems “Recourse,” […]
Often thinking about human behavior on the commute to his 9-5, Sirron Carrector has been writing consistently in the notes app of an iPhone since 2016. He holds a masters in public displays of affection. He enjoys reading, video editing, and recording himself while intoxicated. Check out carrextion.com or @carrextion on Instagram for his ramblings, […]
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 […]
