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SUMMARY:"Headless" Book Release - Wednesday November 5 - 7:00 PM - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:“In Headless\, poet Sean Hanrahan takes us on a winding road that twists through desire\, intellectual curiosity\, and various explored icons—pop culture\, mythic\, historic\, political\, sexual—traveling with a speaker always seeking to understand who and what society expects him to be. If art is a conversation with everything before and after\, then so is identity\, moving from “paper silhouette of a boy” to reveling in the middle-aged body\, declaring “we are all of us orchids.” The self is multifaceted\, multitalented\, and—belying the title—multiheaded. Hanrahan\, at the height of his poetic power\, has learned to navigate this hydralike path and “choose the sacramental in-between.” In these pages\, we are blessed to be invited to walk beside him.” – Chad Frame\, author of Little Black Book. \nSean Hanrahan is the author of Headless\, Safer Behind Popcorn and Ghost Signs\, Hardened Eyes on the Scan and Gay Cake . His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals\, he has taught classes titled “A Chapbook in 49 Days\,” “Ekphrastic Poetry\,” “Poetry Embodied\,” and has hosted and read at poetry events throughout Philadelphia. \nAdam Gianforcaro is the author of the poetry collection Every Living Day and Poems to Stage Dive to. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee\, his work can be found in Ninth Letter\, The Offing\, Poet Lore\, Third Coast\, Northwest Review\, and elsewhere. \nAlison Lubar teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer\, nonbinary\, biracial Nikkei femme whose life work has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices to young people. They’re the author of The Other Tree\, and METAMOURPHOSIS\, as well as four chapbooks and is a board member for Philadelphia’s Blue Stoop. \nAmy Saul-Zerby is the author of Paper Flowers\, Imaginary Birds\, Deep Camouflage\, and Choose Your Own Beginning\, her poems have appeared in various journals and she is the Director of Marketing and Development for The Free Books Project and Editor-in-Chief of Voicemail Poems. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/headless-book-release-wednesday-november-5-700-pm-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Remembering Ezra Pound - Sunday November 2nd - 2pm - Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Pound was an American poet and critic\, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement\, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912)\, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920)\, and his 800-page epic poem The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). \nPound’s contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with developing Imagism\, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as a foreign editor of several American literary magazines\, he helped discover and shape the work of contemporaries such as H. D.\, Robert Frost\, T. S. Eliot\, Ernest Hemingway\, and James Joyce. Hemingway wrote in 1932 that\, for poets born in the late 19th or early 20th century\, not to be influenced by Pound would be “like passing through a great blizzard and not feeling its cold”. \nPound blamed the war on finance capitalism\, he moved to Italy in 1924\, embraced Mussolini’s fascism\, and expressed support for Hitler. Ruled mentally unfit to stand trial\, Pound was incarcerated for over 12 years at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital in Washington\, D.C.\, whose doctors viewed Pound as a narcissist and a psychopath\, but otherwise completely sane.\nWhile in custody in Italy\, Pound began work on sections of The Cantos\, which were published as The Pisan Cantos (1948)\, for which he was awarded the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1949 by the Library of Congress\, causing enormous controversy. Reflections on Ezra Pound.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-ezra-pound-sunday-november-2nd-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:House Poet: Beyond the Grave with Nicole Coladonato & Rachel Eve
DESCRIPTION:House Poet: Beyond the Grave with Nicole Coladonato & Rachel Eve\nWednesday\, October 29th at 7pm\nLive at Fergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom St.\nNicole Coladonato @fouronefivetwo began performing in her youth and quickly developed an affection for the spotlight. She quit being a failed visual artist to become a writer\, embracing this new path with the same passion. Her writing abuses grammar\, memes\, and the audience. Nicole’s poetry is found in zines and at open mics around Philadelphia\, where she continues to explore her work. \nRachel Eve @rachelevemusic writes and sings from a place that is at once personal and universal\, taking inspiration from the mysteries and complexities of the human experience. Rachel’s voice has been described as “passionate\,” “soulful\,” “songbird-like\,” and her diverse and lyrical songwriting infused with folk\, jazz and blues influences. Her newest single “Right Where You Are” is out now on all major streaming platforms \nLindsay Hargrave\, Host – Open Mic to follow \nSetlist by @khaleelmason
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/house-poet-beyond-the-grave-with-nicole-coladonato-rachel-eve/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Wednesday October 15\, 2025 – 7:00pm - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Heather Bowlan\, author of Highlights and Blackouts and co-director of Philadelphia Small Works\, an art gallery and performance space. \n  \n  \nChristopher K.P. Brown aka KP ULTRA is the founder of Pecola Breedlove & The Freedom Party\, ran 2 Pens & Lint\, under which he published chapbooks for over 400 runs Poetry215.com. His newest poetry book and album is titled 84 ULTRA. \nKrystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who emerged from the depths of the Delaware River. Krystle teaches a monthly poetry workshop at Philly Typewriter\, is a masthead on a couple of publications such as Meow Meow Pow Pow. \nBonafide Rojas is a Poet\, Musician & has five collections of poetry: is a Mellon-Flamboyan Letras Boricuas Fellow\, A BRIO award winner & has appeared on Def Poetry Jam and performed at Lincoln Center\, Brooklyn Museum\, and Philadelphia Museum Of Art among others. \nAlexis Young is a writer\, visual artist\, and teacher. Her poems have appeared in a Moonstone Press anthology and The Swarthmorean\, and she recently completed her first public mural. \n  \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-october-15-2025-700pm-live/
LOCATION:Sueño Restaurant\, 114 S 12th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Indigenous Peoples Day
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Peoples Day\nSunday October 12\, 2025 – 2pm  VIRTUAL \nRegister for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ITiexC3URACn-4yLkowizw \nSubmit to be a part of the anthology before Oct. 5th: https://moonstoneartscenter.submittable.com/projects/edit/3d76a3e1-a9d1-403b-b835-d63e8c9d4b51 \nIndigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated on Monday\, October 13th. The date falls on the same day as Columbus Day\, giving us a chance to shift the focus toward honoring Indigenous cultures and reflecting on colonialism’s impact. Indigenous Peoples Day shines a light on the histories\, cultures\, and contributions of Native American communities. It’s a reminder of the strength and resilience Indigenous peoples continue to show today\, particularly to highlight the importance of acknowledging the historical injustices faced by Native Americans. It’s a chance to listen to Indigenous voices and recognize their efforts in keeping their land\, language\, and culture alive. Join us as poets reflect.
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LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Alicia Askenase\, Cassie MacDonald & Aaren Yeatts Perry
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 8\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Sueno Restaurant\, 114 S. 12th Street \nAlicia Askenase is the author of several books\, was a founding co-editor of the literary journal 6ix\, and director of the Walt Whitman Art Center Literary programs for many years. Her poetry has appeared in various journals. \nCassie MacDonald serves as Hearthkeeper of Brigid’s House in Camden\, New Jersey where facilitates a twice-monthly writing circle\, organizes readings\, workshops and other writing arts events\, and creates neighborhood murals as part of the Poetry Liberation Front. \nAaren Yeatts Perry has performed his poems at the Nuyorican\, Kimmel Center\, World Café\, Fringe Festival\, Kelly Writers House and the Philadelphia Writers Conference\, he received a PA Council on the Arts Grant. His collections include Open Fire\, Poetry Across the Curriculum: An Action Guide for Elementary Teachers. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-alicia-askenase-cassie-macdonald-aaren-yeatts-perry/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Poesía sin Fronteras: Poetry in Spanish in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Poesía sin Fronteras \n¿Escribes poesía en español y te gustaría publicar uno de tus poemas? ¡Este llamado es para ti! ¡Esperamos tu voz! \nLa convocatoria a la primera edición de Poesía sin Fronteras (2025-2026) busca nuevas voces para promover la paz\, la concordia y la armonía a través de la poesía. Da rienda suelta a tu imaginación y sé parte de esta celebración de la poesía y el espíritu creativo. ¡Anímate a participar y cuéntales a otros! \nhttps://moonstoneartscenter.submittable.com/submit/333410/poesia-sin-fronteras-poetry-without-borders \nDo you write poetry in Spanish? \nPoetry without Borders seeks voices to promote peace\, concord and harmony through poetry. Unleash your imagination and be part of this celebration of poetry and the creative spirit\, get involved and tell others! \nThe Latin American Book Fair connects authors\, illustrators\, writers\, designers\, book lovers and our community in the city. Organized by Philadelphia’s Latin non-profits organizations such as Acción Colombia\, Casa de Venezuela\, Taller Puertorriqueño as well as an amazing group of volunteers. \nThe International Poetry Festival Everywhere is a solidarity proposal that allows simultaneous readings in various parts of the world during the month of May. Today the “Word in the World” Festival is presented as a proposal of SUR International Cultural Project\, Isla Negra Magazine and Havana International Poetry Festival and had more than 2500 events in 2025.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poesia-sin-fronteras-poetry-without-borders-poetry-in-spanish-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Kimmel Center\, 300 S Broad St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry and Music
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 1\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE – Poetry & Music \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nLaunch of A Little Music For the Soft War by Mark Svenvold \nPoet\, songwriter\, and nonfiction writer\, Mark Svenvold’s book of poems\, Soul Data\, won the Vassar Miller Award\, selected by Heather McHugh; Empire Burlesque\, won The Journal Prize. Svenvold’s poems have been published in The New Yorker\, The Nation\, The Atlantic Monthly\, and others. He teaches creative writing at Seton Hall University. A denizen and regular performer at CBGB’s before it became a clothing store\, Ted Sabety studied guitar with Larry Coryell\, electronic music with Morton Subotnick\, and  composition with Marty Bresnick. Recently\, his punk-wave act Les Techno’s  “Edge of the World” reached # 20 and #144\, respectively\, on the Indie DRT and Global DRT charts. \nWith Special Features \n“Elliot Levin on tenor saxophone and flute\, has a career as a published poet and likes to combine the two aesthetics in his performances\, much to the delight of the growing live poetry audience\, there is nothing watered-down about his performances\, no attempt to make the music a bit more accessible to the novices\, tender-hearted or just plain wimpy. On the poetry scene he has performed with Miguel Algarin\, Gloria Tropp\, Mbali Umoja\, Marty Watt\, and Frank Messina. \nLindsay Hargrave is a poet\, first mate at Scribes on South\, a coproducer at House Poet\, half of the experimental group Kelpius\, the author of two chapbooks and a copywriter for Temple University. Aaren Perry Host: Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-and-music/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Camille Llawella Ralphs\, Ernest Hilbert
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 28\, 2025 – 5pmEDT – LIVE \nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nCamille Llawella Ralphs is an English poet\, critic and editor. Ralphs’ first collection of poems After You Were\, I Am was a book of the year in The Telegraph and The Guardian\, and was widely reviewed elsewhere.Since 2020\, Ralphs has been poetry editor at The Times Literary Supplement. She is the first woman to hold this role. \nErnest Hilbert is the author of the poetry collections Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize—Last One Out\, and Storm Swimmer\, winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. \nHost – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-camille-llawella-ralphs-ernest-hilbert/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Ebs Sanders\, Michael Joseph Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 24\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nEbs Sanders is the author of Low Ecstasies\, Intimacies that did not destroy us and A Fallow Channel. Their writing has appeared in bæst\, b l u s h\, Discount Guillotine\, Full Stop and Tripwire\, among others. They co-edit the tiny and are one of ten 2025 Convent Arts fellows. Michael Joseph Walsh is the author of A Season\, winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize\, and Innocence\, winner of the Lighthouse Poetry Series. He is co-editor of APARTMENT Poetry\, and his poems\, reviews\, and translations have appeared in various publications. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-ebs-sanders-michael-joseph-walsh/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella\, Josh Dale\, Cameron MacKenzie\, Iheoma Nwachukwu
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 17\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nJane-Rebecca Cannarella\, is a writer and editor living in West Philadelphia. She edits HOOT Review\, a magazine published on postcards\, Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit\, a broadside press\, and was an editor for Lunch Ticket from 2015 to 2017. Josh Dale lives in Pennsylvania and in the company of cats and nature.. Author of Duality Lies Beneath and The Light to Never Be Snuffed. Cameron MacKenzie’s work has appeared in Blackbird\, Salmagundi\, and The Michigan Quarterly Review\, among other places. His novel\, The Beginning of His Excellent and Eventful Career\, chronicles the rise to power of Pancho Villa. Iheoma Nwachukwu won fellowships from the Michener Center\, the Chinua Achebe Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission. Nwachukwu’s fiction interrogates what it means to yearn for a self-inside and outside one’s native landscape. His work centers immigrant narratives that thrive in settings alien to the character \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-jane-rebecca-cannarella-josh-dale-cameron-mackenzie-iheoma-nwachukwu/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T170000
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SUMMARY:Honoring Evan Wang and the Youth Poet Laureate Program
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 14\, 2025 – 5pm – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YGL0FkWeS5WHQX54GffCZQ \nHonoring Evan Wang and the Youth Poet Laureate Programs \nHost – Joanne Leva is founder and executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program and founder and editor-in-chief of Tekpoet\, an online poetry manuscript services company. Leva’s poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Peace Is a Haiku Song\, 50 Over Fifty\, Apiary\, E-Verse Radio\, Schuylkill Valley Journal\, Rag Queen Periodical\, Bucks County Writer\, Transcendent Visions\, and elsewhere. Honoring 王潇/Evan Wang – the 2025 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States\, the first male and East Asian individual to hold this title\, and author of Slow Burn\, winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize and finalist for the Vinyl 45 Chapbook Prize. His work appears in POETRY Magazine\, The Kenyon Review\, The Journal\, RHINO\, Sixth Finch\, Waxwing\, The Margins\, and elsewhere. He was the Youth Poet Laureate of Mongomery County. \nThe Philadelphia area has a wonderful collection of poets and poetry organizations; we especially like to welcome young people to the poetry community. Moonstone’s New Voices program publishes an anthology twice a year for poets under the age of 25\, including first-time and experienced young poets alike. We’ve featured many exemplary young writers and work closely with the Youth Poet Laureate programs in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties who we are featuring today. \nProfessor Ethel Rackin\, co-ordinates the Bucks County program\, has been teaching language and literature at Bucks County Community College\, also finds time to pursue her passion – writing.. She will introduce Nilüfer Betkas\,  a junior at Harry S. Truman High School in Bristol Township\, has been named the 2025 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year. Bektas rose to the top of more than 120 entries from all over the county\, judged by current Bucks County Poet Laureate Lake Angela and last year’s poet laureate Tara Tamburello. \nCheri Crow co-ordinates the Delco Young Poets Competition and Awards\, the longest running youth poetry competition in the area\, founded by the Mad Poets Society in 1989.  Ms. Crow  is dedicated to providing quality children’s services to families in the library and through outreach services. She will introduce Anika Fernandes\, 11 grade student at Merion Mercy Academy \nJoanne Leva\, founder and executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program will introduce Tina Ramberg-Michael\, a ninth grader at Cheltenham High School\, who took first place in the poetry slam at the Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity and Excellence and has published her poetry with Young Inklings. \nYona Yurwit\, co-ordinates the Philadelphia Youth program. Yona has been serving teens at the Free Library of Philadelphia for 6.5 years. Her favorite poets are Jericho Brown and Anis Mojgani. She will introduce Cydney Brown\, Philadelphia’s 2020 Youth Poet Laureate and 2023’s Northeast Regional Youth Poet Laureate. “It’s always been the best way for me to express myself\,” says Brown\, who started writing poems in fifth grade\, an age often marked by complicated emotions
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/honoring-evan-wang-and-the-youth-poet-laureate-program/
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Mac Chandler\, Tim Lynch\, and Amy Saul-Zerby
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 10\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nMac Chandler is a writer from West Philly who has been published in some places and not in others\, host quarterly shows for Moonstone Arts\, and is author of There Is A Thing Haunting Me I Could Grow To Love.  \nTim Lynch was awarded a 2025 Individual Artist Fellowship by Delaware Division of the Arts\, poems appear in Only Poems Daily\, Gather\, and Villain Era\, and his first screenplay earned semifinalist in the ScreenCraft Horror Competition. \nAmy Saul-Zerby is author of Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds\, Deep Camouflage and Choose Your Own Beginning. She edits Voicemail Poems and her poems have appeared in The Rumpus\, The Chicago Review of Books\, American Poetry Review\, and elsewhere. \nSean Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-mac-chandler-tim-lynch-and-amy-saul-zerby/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series: Alicia Askenase
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday September 9\, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 \nor Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nAlicia Askenase is the author of several books\, was a founding co-editor of the literary journal 6ix and director of the Walt Whitman Art Center Literary programs\, and taught English as a Second Language in Puerto Rico\, Spain\, New York\, and finally\, Philadelphia. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies: New Works by Philadelphia Poets\, and Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets\, and lit journals\, among them\, Chain\, The World\, Feminist Studies\, The Manhattanville Review\, Paterson Literary Review\, and The Painted Bride Quarterly. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/20588/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: W. D. Ehrhart\, Nathalie Anderson\, and Eileen M. D'Angelo
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 3\, 2025  7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nBook Launch of  Smart Fish Don’t Bite  by W. D. Ehrhart ($22 – Moonstone Press) \nW. D. Ehrhart\, author of Smart Fish Don’t Bite\, is a Marine Corps veteran of both the Vietnam War and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. As the poems in this most recent collection demonstrate\, he is a writer who fought in Vietnam\, not a Vietnam writer. \nNathalie Anderson is the author of 5 books of poetry and manages the list-serv Lit-Philly that informs about 500 members about literary events in the Philadelphia area. She has recently retired from Swarthmore College\, where she taught for 39 years\, and served as Director of the Program in Creative Writing. \nEileen M. D’Angelo\, author of several books\, is Executive Director of Mad Poets Society\, coordinated over 2000 special events in the tri-state area\, twice been nominated for a PA Governor’s Award in the Arts and Pushcart Prize\, and was six-term President of the Board of the Philadelphia Writers Conference. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-w-d-ehrhart-nathalie-anderson-and-eileen-m-dangelo/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: George Marshall and Sophia Tempest
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 27\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nGeorge Marshall is a writer out of Omaha\, Nebraska. He went to school for Nonfiction and works as a freelance writer and bartender. Poetry was where he found his love for writing. Outside of writing he spends time taking toilets apart to rebuild them stronger or standing in the middle of the street trying to achieve photosynthesis. \nSophia Tempest is the author of three poetry collections\, INFINITE LIGHT (Bottlecap Press\, 2025)\, WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN (Another New Calligraphy\, 2022) and a lamb hangs by its own foot (Ghost City Press\, 2019). She is also a coeditor for the press and journal Discount Guillotine. \nMac Chandler Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-george-marshall-and-sophia-tempest/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sydney Coffin\, Raina J. León\, and Genevieve Rand
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 20\, 2025  7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nSydney Coffin is halfway done an MFA with NYU in Paris\, and taught poetry\, English\, journalism\, wrestling and experiential arts in Philadelphia’s public schools for 20 years\, English Language Learning at Job Corps\, and recently became the night manager of facilities for the Fleisher Memorial Art School on Catherine Street in the Italian Market area; he has been published by Moonstone Press\, Mad House Press\, Yale University Press\, Lobo Press\, and a few other locations. \nRaina J. León\, PhD is Black\, Afro-Boricua\, and from Philadelphia (Lenni Lenape ancestral lands). She is a mother\, daughter\, sister\, madrina\, comadre\, partner\, poet\, writer\, and teacher educator. She believes in collective action and community work\, the profound power of holding space for the telling of our stories\, and the liberatory practice of humanizing education. She seeks out communities of care and craft and is a member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective\, Cave Canem\, CantoMundo\, Macondo. She is a founding editor of The Acentos Review\, an online quarterly\, international journal devoted to the promotion and publication of Latinx arts. She is a recipient of a National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Grant. \nGenevieve Rand is a variety artist whose work blends poetry\, stand-up\, song\, and immersive art into performances that feel like sacred chaos. Her debut one-woman show iParty—part ceremony\, part spectacle—will premiere this September at Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Tickets are on sale now\, and this is your official invitation to enter the iParty portal. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sydney-coffin-raina-j-leon-and-genevieve-rand/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T160000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Julia Bouwsma\, Hiram Larew\, Peter E. Murphy\, and Scott W. Williams
DESCRIPTION:Sunday August 17\, 2025 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s2XRWbF_Q2C7hQaK6Bf0PQ \nJulia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine where she works as a poet\, homesteader\, editor\, teacher\, and small-town librarian. She is Maine’s sixth Poet Laureate and is the author of Death Fluorescence\, Midden\, and Work by Bloodlight. Bouwsma’s honors include a 2024 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets and two Maine Literary Awards. Her work can be found in Ecotone\, Green Mountains Review\, Kenyon Review\, Plume\, Poetry Daily\, and others. She has taught in the Creative Writing the University of Maine (Farmington)\, serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance\, and works as the Library Director for Webster Library. \nHiram Larew’s poems have received the Louisiana Literature Prize\, the Washington review poetry blue ribbon\, and have been nominated for four Pushcarts.  His work has appeared in Poetry Scotland\, Poetry South\, The Brown Critique\, Contemporary American Voices\, Honest Ulsterman\, Amsterdam Quarterly and others.  He’s received an artists’ grants from Arts Councils as well as the United Nations for his Poetry X Hunger initiative which encourages poets to contribute to anti-hunger efforts\, founded the Voices of Woodlawn\, a powerful program of poetry\, music and art that explores America’s tragic history of slavery\, is a Courtesy Faculty at five U. S. universities. \nPeter E. Murphy has published a dozen books of nonfiction and poetry\, has appeared in hundreds of journals\, anthologies and textbooks including The Sun\, The Shakespeare Quarterly\, Teachers & Writers Guide to Frederick Douglass\, The Michigan Quarterly Review\, Guernica\, Harpur Palate\, The Literary Review and The New Welsh Reader. For more than forty years Peter has led workshops for thousands of writers in the United States and abroad. He has been a consultant to The Corporation for Public Broadcasting\, Educational Testing Service\, Arts Horizons\, AtlantiCare Health System\, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation\, The New Jersey Councils for the Arts and the Humanities\, The New Jersey Department of Education\, and countless school districts from coast to coast. \nScott W. Williams (University of Buffalo Mathematics Professor Emeritus) is a traveling poet and author of short stories. He is author of The Gamblers Woods: Poetry from Baltimore’s Wilson Park\, (Moonstone Press) and six other books. Scott edits the syfy poetry&flash-fiction anthology series\, A Flash of Dark and A Flash of Dark vol 2\, and hosts workshops of the poetic forms Ghazal\, Haiku and Senryu and co-hosts the series Second Stage Writers and Poets Soup).
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-julia-bouwsma-hiram-larew-peter-e-murphy-and-scott-w-williams/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Shaina Clingempeel\, Jacqueline Jewell\, Warren C. Longmire\, and Lynda Gene Rymond
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 13\, 2025  7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \n Shaina Clingempeel\, author of in the homes that house my history\, is a Philly-based poet and the owner of a small book editing business (Cypress Editorial) and literary magazine (Cypress Review). Her poems can be found in Coffin Bell\, The Passionfruit Review\, The Rupture\, and many other places. She has a poetry MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Follow @cypresseditorial (IG\, TikTok) for updates on her work and more. \nJacqueline Jewell\, author of Lady Arab\, is a poet\, college professor\, EMMY Award-winning journalist\, mother\, and activist. A Philadelphia area native and proud daughter of an immigrant\, Jacqueline uses her poetry to amplify underrepresented and discounted voices. She has won the first-ever “Share Your Voices” award\, a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Contest\, in honor of Black History Month at Rosemont College. Jacqueline’s poetry collection\, Lady Arab\, is based on a true story of her grandmother surviving genocide\, her mother escaping war\, and Jacqueline’s own experience with racism and misogyny as a young woman of color. The three Arab women represented in Jacqueline’s collection is more than just her family’s story\, it’s the story of every Arab woman stripped of their rights\, suffering from a world that has forsaken them. \nWarren C. Longmire is a writer\, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is author of Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop and you can find his work in journals including Action\, Spectacle\, R&R\, and the American Poetry Review as well as in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2021 Anthology and A Black Philadelphia Reader. He is the former contributing editor for Apiary Magazine\, the host of House Poet: Spoken Word Dance Party and the founder of _mixlit\, has been a CUPSI grand slam and NPS group piece finalist\, coached the Philly Pigeon and Fuze Slam Team\, and has performed in venues including the Kimmel Center\, The Nuyorican Poetry Cafe. Warren is currently attending the Iowa Writer’s Workshop pursuing a master’s degree in Poetry. \nLynda Gene Rymond\, author of Spellbook\, a member of Dr. Christopher Bursk’s Masters Poetry Workshop and is a multi-year finalist/runner-up for Bucks County Poet Laureate. Her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies\, she authored the children’s books The Village of Basketeers and Oscar & the Mooncats . Lynda Gene lives and works on Goblin Farm in Applebachsville\, Pa\, and is the creator of the online Words Come Easy writing workshops. \nOpen reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-shaina-clingempeel-jacqueline-jewell-warren-c-longmire-and-lynda-gene-rymond/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250810T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250810T170000
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SUMMARY:National Book Lovers Day
DESCRIPTION:Sunday August 10\, 2025 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL – National Book Lovers Day \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6vfdhJLjQ_q5lAr_bMgtuQ \nFrom clay tablets to today’s eBooks\, literature has played a crucial role in preserving cultures\, educating the masses\, and storytelling. Thanks to Johannes Gutenberg’s 15th-century printing press\, anyone\, not just royalty\, monks or landed gentry\, could read and own books. \nWith time\, printing on woodblocks also became the go-to way of reproducing books in China. The ancient scrolls dating back to the 4th century B.C. are considered the first ‘books\,’ but by today’s definition\, the oldest surviving compiled book is “The Diamond Sutra” which was published in China on May 11\, 868.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/national-book-lovers-day/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Phoebe Brown\, Courtney LeBlanc\, and Sean W. Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 6\, 2025  7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nPhoebe Brown is a poet recently published by Anthropocene Poetry\, in “Impossible Task” with Another New Calligraphy\, Hog River Press\, and Moonstone Arts Center. \nCourtney LeBlanc is the Arlington County Poet Laureate\, founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat\, an independent poetry press and founder of the Poetry Coven\, a monthly generative workshop. \nSean W. Lynch is author of five books of\, has been the editor of various magazines\, journals\, anthologies\, and books\, and worked for non-profit organizations such as Moonstone Arts Center and the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association. \n Aaren Yeatts Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-phoebe-brown-courtney-leblanc-and-sean-w-lynch/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T203000
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series: David Ebenbach
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday August 5\, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nDavid Ebenbach\, the author of collections of fiction (Between Camelots; Into the Wilderness)\, poetry (We Were the People Who Moved; Autogeography) and essays (The Artist’s Torah) was born and raised in the great city of Philadelphia\, home of America’s first library\, first art museum\, first public school\, and first zoo\, along with David’s very first stories and poems\, though those early efforts went on to become (deservedly) less famous than\, for example\, the zoo. Since those days he’s lived in Ohio\, Wisconsin\, Philadelphia again\, New York\, New Jersey\, Indiana\, and Ohio again\, picking up some education (formal and otherwise) along the way\, and he now lives very happily in Washington\, DC. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-reading-series-david-ebenbach/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T160000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Tyler Dunston\, Maria James-Thiaw\, Miho Kinnas\, E. Ethelbert Miller\, and Terra Oliveira
DESCRIPTION:Sunday August 3\, 2025 – 2pmEDT – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q7Xq5kmfTySArIh_8ejLtg \nTyler Dunston\, author of Octaves\, is a writer and visual artist\, whose poems have appeared in Atlanta Review\, Hawaiʻi Pacific Review\, Narrative Magazine\, Raleigh Review\, and other journals. \nMaria James-Thiaw is an award-winning poet\, performer\, and playwright.  She is the author of three poetry books\, has been published in numerous journals and anthologies\, and is the founder of Reclaim Artist Collective. \nMiho Kinnas is a Japanese writer\, translator and poet\, author of three poetry collections\, and teaches Poems of All Sizes: Japanese Poetic Forms at Writers.com and New York Writers Workshop. \nE. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist and author of several poetry collections. He was given a 2020 congressional award in recognition of his literary activism\, awarded the Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award\, named a Grammy Nominee Finalist for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album and was awarded the Furious Flower Lifetime Achievement Award. \nTerra Oliveira is the author of Itinerant Songs\, and the founding editor of Recenter Press. A finalist in the 2024 Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry\, her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Bamboo Ridge\, The Common\, Puerto del Sol\, Protean Magazine\, and more.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-tyler-dunston-maria-james-thiaw-miho-kinnas-e-ethelbert-miller-and-terra-oliveira/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Ryan Eckes and Nycir Keen
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 30\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nRyan Eckes is the author of Wrong Heaven Again\, General Motors\, Valu-Plus  and Old News\, as well as several chapbooks. His poems have appeared in Prolit\, Protean Magazine\, Tripwire\, The New York Times Magazine\, and elsewhere. With Kim Gek Lin Short\, he runs Radiator Press. \nNycir Keen is an active performer and spoken word artist\, has been a member of the Collective Mic and is a frequent poet for the Gullah Traveling Theater. \nAaron Gadbury\, Lindsay Hargrave\, Warren Longmire Hosts\, Open Reading Follows 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-ryan-eckes-and-nycir-keen/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T170000
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SUMMARY:Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION:Sunday July 27\, 2025  2pm EDT –   VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MV1XXDyjSxm5hcwx5hpxOg  \nKeystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania \nEdited by Marjorie Maddox & Jerry Wemple ( $27.90 Pennsylvania State University Press) \nBuy the book: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/keystone-poetry-contemporary-poets-on-pennsylvania/527 \n  \nFrom Philadelphia to Erie\, and from the shale fields to the coal mines\, Keystone Poetry celebrates the varied landscapes and voices of Pennsylvania. This collection brings together the work of 182 poets who\, with keen eyes and powerful language\, commemorate the hometowns\, history\, traditions\, and culture of the Commonwealth. \nPlease join us as 49 of the 182 Poets in Keystone Poetry Read Their Poems: \n\n\n\nAllison Adair \nNathalie F. Anderson \nGrace Bauer \nJan Beatty \nAlyse Bensel \nCarole Bernstein \nChris Bullard \nGeraldine Connolly \nPaola Corso \nMark Danowsky \nGregory Djanikian \nDaniel Donaghy \nJoseph Dorazio \nChristine Gelineau \nS.E. Gilman \nMauricio Kilwein Guevara \n \nVernita Hall \nJocelyn Heath \nAmanda Hodes \nErin Hoover \nChuck Joy \nKristin Kovacic \nLeonard Kress \nRichard Krohn \nLynn Levin \nMarjorie Maddox \nSharon Fagan McDermot \nAnn E. Michael \nJulie L. Moore \nHeather Myers \nRobbi Nester \nJacqueline Osherow \nJohn Repp\nLaura Rutland \nMark Saba \nBarbara Sabol \nJudith Sornberger \nJulie Standig \nAlison Carb Sussman \nPhilip Terman \nElaine Terranova \nPatricia Thrushart \nJ. C. Todd \nLee Upton \nMatthew Ussia \nJeanne Murray Walker \nSusan Weaver \nVirginia Watts \nMartin Jr. Willitts
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/keystone-poetry-contemporary-poets-on-pennsylvania/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T160000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Bree Bailey\, Miriam Kramer\, and Sheleen McElhinney
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Bree Bailey\, Miriam Kramer\, and Sheleen McElhinney\nSunday July 20\, 2025 – 2pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nBree Bailey is a queer Latina poet\, a mistress of the music of inflections\, pulses\, and ironic chuckles. A Jersey native now in Austin\, TX\, she writes with heart and humor about mental health\, love\, and resilience. A former educator and 2023 Write Bloody Jack McCarthy Prize winner\, her debut collection\, Wailing on Whisper Street\, is out now and everywhere you buy books. Find her in Exposition Review\, West Trade Review\, Remington Review\, and more. Follow @breebaileypoetry or visitbreebaileypoetry.com. \nMiriam Kramer is a queer\, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner\, daughter\, and two cats. She was the winner of the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Miriam loves stick figure drawings\, bright sneakers\, and embroidery. Her debut full length collection\, Built by Storms\, was published by Write Bloody Publishing and nominated for The Lambda Literary Prize and The New Writers Award\, Great Lakes College Association. Find her on social media: miriadwords \nSheleen McElhinney is a poet living in Glenside\, Pa whose work has appeared in lily Poetry Review\, Bayou Magazine\, Bear Review\, and elsewhere. Her debut book\, Every Little Vanishing\, was the winner of the 2021 Write Bloody Publishing Book Award. \nSean Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-bree-bailey-miriam-kramer-and-sheleen-mcelhinney/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Betrayed: Violence Against Women
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reading: Betrayed: Violence Against Women\nSunday July 20\, 2025 \n2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nRegister here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3RqcVPSiSfO6TwlOsIMQmg \nBETRAYED – Violence Against Women\, invites survivors of gender-based violence to share their stories so that we can bring awareness to this issue and challenge the culture surrounding domestic violence—a culture that overwhelmingly encourages silence and shame. \nThe purpose of this anthology is to uplift survivors and open up a space for them to share their stories. We hope to create a community in which we can ultimately find healing through the powerful medium of art. 50 Poets responded. \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading \n\n\n\nNicole Abuhamada \nLisa Acerbo \nJenny Adrekedes \nVirginia Alcott \nKimm Antell \nJeff Bien \nJill Bindewald \nA. C. Blake \nSusan Breall \nMaia Brown-Jackson \nSuzanne Bruce \nKaterina Canyon \nAJ Chilson \n \nCandice Louisa Daquin \nNickie DeSardo \nR.G. Evans \nFrancis Flavin \nAna Fores Tamayo \nCaitlin Gille \nLinda Goss \nJuliana Gray \nAlaina Hammond \nColleen Harris \nAnnie Hartford \nLeah Hummel \n  \n \nTaylor Johnston \nKathleen Johnston \nAtiyaOla Malik Kahn \nJennifer Karp \nJ. M. Liles \nPatricia Middleton \nAlison Miller \nK. Molle (Carol Fisher) \nShagufta Mulla \nTraci Neal \nAndrea Nicki \nKatie Rose \nArivana Russell \n \nDavid Schast \nCourtney Seymour \nMiki Simic \nKatherine Stairs \nPam Ward \nGail Wasserman \nErin Watson \nBecky Bishop White \nKelley White \nPharoha Womack \nDiana Woodcock \nSamantha Wright \nOtella Wruck \n \n\n\n\n  \nThis program was stimulated by the publication of Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer’s Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor By Meg Groff – who will be presenting an inter-active presentation at the Free Library at 19th and Vine Street on Tuesday July 15\, 2025. \n“The cases she recounts range from harrowing to infuriating: The police shrugged away potential murders as suicides\, children were left unsupervised with dangerous fathers with devastating results\, doctors assumed that struggling young mothers must be alcoholics. Each episode carries a tremendous punch\, as well as a searing lesson about the failings of society to help those in need. . . . Despite such heavy details and subject matter\, Groff balances her book with warmth and humor.” – Kirkus Reviews \nBuy the inspiring book @ https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/groff-meg-not-if-i-can-help-it/526 \nBuy the Moonstone anthology @ https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/betrayed-violence-against-women/DWSMPVY47RUGQBLCDGLBFFKM?cs=true&cst=custom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-betrayed-violence-against-women/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Erica Abbott\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Thalia Geiger\, Diamante "Dimo" Ortiz\, and Faith Paulsen
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Erica Abbott\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Thalia Geiger\, Diamante “Dimo” Ortiz\, and Faith Paulsen \nWednesday July 16\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nErica Abbott is a Philadelphia-based poet and writer whose work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Epiphany\, Shō Poetry Journal\, Pirene’s Fountain\, Midway Journal\, and others. She is the author of Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship and is a poetry editor for Variant  Literature.  She is currently pursuing her MFA at Randolph College\, where she is the assistant managing editor and lead poetry editor for Revolute. \nElayna Mae Darcy is an author\, podcaster\, and chaotic good bard from Philadelphia. With a Film & Media Arts degree from Temple University\, they have spent the last decade creating podcasts\, co-founding the local publisher\, Elixir Verse Press\, and self-publishing three books. They have had pieces published in the Wizards in Space\, Impostor Lit\, just femme & dandy\, and Limited Editions\, and usually be found wandering the various branches of the Philly Free Library or snuggling their cat\, Bean. \nThalia Geiger is a poet and fiction writer\, author of the chapbook Wild Like a Woman\, and her debut poetry collection\, Red Death\, Purple Dark\, is forthcoming from Thirty West Publishing. She is the winner of Black Fox Literary’s 2025 Summer Fox Tales Contest\, and her work has been featured in New York Quarterly\, Allegory Ridge\, Coffin Bell\, Grim & Gilded and more. She hails from Philadelphia\, where she works in journal publishing. You can find her on Instagram and BlueSky @thalierr. \nDiamante “Dimo” Ortiz is a poet\, community organizer\, and journalist based in Philadelphia\, originally from the Los Sures area of Williamsburg\, Brooklyn. Their work explores grief\, gender fluidity\, and Afro-Boricua heritage. Dimo has collaborated with creatives and organized events\, including the Open Treasures open mic in 2023. They have worked as a senior reporter and editor for Protest NYC\, founded Protest PHL and does hyper local coverage throughout her years from her start as a storyteller with The Moth’s All City Team since 2016. Dimo also launched “Notes to Self\,” a Substack series reflecting on life and self-love. \nFaith Paulsen writes poetry from her desk at an insurance agency near Philadelphia. She loves books\, art\, music and friendship. Her work appears or is upcoming in Scientific American\, Blue Heron\, Boomerlit\, Lunch Ticket\, Mania\, Poetica Review\, Philadelphia Stories\, Book of Matches\, One Art\, Panoply\, Thimble\, Evansville Review\, Mantis and others. She is a proud Moonstone Chapbook Contest award recipient. Visit her website at https://www.faithpaulsenpoet.com/ \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-erica-abbott-elayna-mae-darcy-thalia-geiger-diamante-dimo-ortiz-and-faith-paulsen/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:LIVE - BETRAYED: Violence Against Women
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday July 15\, 2025 – 5pm – LIVE – BETRAYED: Violence Against Women \nCentral Free Library\, Skyline Room (4th Floor)\, 901 Vine Street \nFeaturing Meg Groff\, author of Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer’s Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor ($22.95\, Rivertowns Books) \nIn a rare\, starred review\, Kirkus Reviews says:  “The cases she recounts range from harrowing to infuriating: The police shrugged away potential murders as suicides\, children were left unsupervised with dangerous fathers with devastating results\, doctors assumed that struggling young mothers must be alcoholics. Each episode carries a tremendous punch\, as well as a searing lesson about the failings of society to help those in need. . . . Despite such heavy details and subject matter\, Groff balances her book with warmth and humor.” Books will be available.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-betrayed-violence-against-women/
LOCATION:Parkway Central Library\, 1901 Vine St
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL Reading - From Tupelo Press
DESCRIPTION:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2oRlEo-zRZWnrKAQxejwFw \nSunday July 13\, 2025 – 2pmEDT – VIRTUAL – From Tupelo Press – \nFrom Tupelo Press – an independent\, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry\, literary fiction\, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. \nMike Carlson\, author of Tips to Help You Do Your Best and Cement Guitar. \nJenny Grassl\, author of Magicholia\, and Forever Mistaken for Ourselves.  \nBelle Ling\, author of Nebulous Vertigo.  \nSpring Ulmer\, author of Benjamin’s Spectacles (selected by Sonia Sanchez for Kore Press’s 2007 First Book Award.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-from-tupelo-press/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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