Autumn Konopka, born and raised in the Philadelphia area, has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University and a B.A. in English writing and communications from the University of Pittsburgh. Autumn has published work in several journals, and she is deeply interested in the relationship between the arts and socioeconomic class. Autumn has hosted […]
Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for publishers. In recent years, their collective has been writing serial poems, interconnected, but in no particular order, or rather—ordered to the mood of the occasion—as […]
Xander Fraum is a new poet to Philadelphia’s circles. Maryann Helferty explores the natural world and reports out her findings in poems and photography. John Oliver Mason has written for newspapers, magazines, and blogs about community and national issues for over 25 years. Joe Roarty, author of Moritat (2015 Moonstone Chapbook winner) is poetry of […]
Welcome to The 22nd Annual Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Reading Sunday April 29, 2018 1199C Hospital Workers Union Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street All Reading Times are Approximate Come to hear your favorite poet, stay to hear others – Conversation & Comradery Galore This is a pot luck affair, so bring something good to eat or […]
Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday May 6, 2018, 2pm Samuel R. Delany The Atheist in the Attic $14.00, Books will be available to purchase and autographed “A talent very close to time travel—or magic.” —Locus “The most remarkable prose stylist to have emerged from the culture of American […]
Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 9, 2018 – 7pm Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid Julia Blumenreich is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant for her poetry. She is a founding member of 6ix: a literary journal devoted to cutting edge work, edited by six Philadelphia area women. She […]
South Philadelphia Free Library 1700 S. Broad Street (Morris Street) Sunday May 13, 2018 – 2pm W.D. Ehrhart, Bill Wunder, & Members of Warrior Writers W. D. Ehrhart joined the US Marines in 1966 at the age of 17, serving three years including 13 months in Vietnam. He was wounded in combat, and earned the […]
Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 16, 2018 – 7pm Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name, Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for […]
Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday May 20, 2018, 2pm Remembering Lili Bita Lili Bita, of Bala Cynwyd, author, actress, and pianist, died February 12, 2018. An artist of international acclaim and a figure in Philadelphia cultural life for more than thirty years. Born Angeliki Euterpe Bita in Zakynthos, Greece […]
Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 23, 2018 – 7pm Angel Hogan & David Kertis Angel Hogan has performed as part of the Black Women’s Arts Festival, Literary Death Match, Moonstone Presents, First Person Arts and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Angel worked with ArtWell, was a Contributing Editor to […]
