Moonstone Arts Center

Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight
2018-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 publishers. He is also author of the novel Ari Figue’s Cat. Since 2012, they have been making visual art, signed with the name on their birth certificate—Willard. In recent years, Jacob, Willard and Goby (their most recent go-to name) have been writing serial poems, interconnected, but in no particular order, or rather—ordered to the mood of the occasion—as will be the case at this reading.
Paul Siegell is the author of Take Out Delivery (Spuyten Duyvil, 2018), as well as wild life rifle fire, jambandbootleg and Poemergency Room. He is a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly and has contributed to American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Rattle, and many other fine journals. Kindly find more of his work – and concrete poetry t-shirts – at ReVeLeR @ eYeLeVeL (http://paulsiegell.blogspot.com) and @paulsiegell.
Anne-Adele Wight is the author of The Age of Greenhouses (2016), Opera House Arterial (2013), and Sidestep Catapult (2011), all from BlazeVOX. Her work has appeared in diverse publications including American Writing, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, Apiary, Fairies in America, Jupiter 88, Luna Luna, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Bedfellows. Anne-Adele’s work has received awards from Philadelphia Poets Magazine, the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, and the Sandy Crimmins Poetry Competition.
Host, Suzan Jivan
An open mic will follow the featured readers.

Soldier Poets--W.D. Ehrhart, Bill Wunder, & Members of Warrior Writers
2018-05-13 14:00 - 16:00 | South Philadelphia Free Library, 1700 S. Broad Street (Morris Street), Philadelphia, PA, 19145, United States
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 rank of sergeant and an honorable discharge. He is also a veteran of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and has received awards from both Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans for Peace. A 1983 Bucks County Poet Laureate and a 1993 Pew Fellow in the Arts, he teaches English and history at the Haverford School in suburb Philadelphia. His most recent books are Praying at the Altar (Adastra Press) and W. D. Ehrhart in Conversation: Vietnam, America, and the Written Word (McFarland), both published in 2017.
Bill Wunder is the author of Pointing at the Moon, Hands Turning the Earth, and Kingdom of Heaven. In 2004, he was named Poet Laureate of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His poems have been widely published, and he has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry. Bill has been a finalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award. In 2010, he was nominated for a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He has read and lectured in local schools, colleges, festivals, book stores, libraries, and on public television. Bill, a Vietnam veteran, serves as Poetry Editor of The Schuylkill Valley Journal, and lives with his two black labs in the wilds of Bucks County.
Warrior Writers is a national non-profit. Our mission is to create a culture that articulates veterans’ experiences, build a collaborative community for artistic expression, and bear witness to war and the full range of military experiences. We value Respect for ourselves, each other, our experiences, and our creative community; Honesty; Transformation; and Pride in our work and our experiences. Our goals include providing opportunities for veterans to engage in artistic expression, creating visibility for veteran artists and their work, supporting veterans in the discovery of the arts as a transformative tool, and tell the truths about veterans’ experiences.

Featured Readers: Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid
2018-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 was a finalist for the 2016 Brittany Noakes Poetry Award. She has read her work in various venues including the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and Muse House in Philadelphia. In 2012, she collaborated with the visual artist, Wendy Osterweil, on ‘Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott’ a poetry/ sculptural installation/print show at The Painted Bride Art Center. Four of her poems have been set to music composed by Kyle Smith and were performed as part of “Lyric Fest” in 2014. Her recent work has been published in “The Whirlwind Review, “Philadelphia Stories,” and in “An Anthology of Philadelphia Poets,” edited by Valerie Fox and translated into Romanian by Daniel Dragomirescu. She has published three chapbooks: Meeting Tessie and Artificial Memory and most recently, Blue Angel of a Day.
Therése Halscheid’s latest poetry collection Frozen Latitudes (Press 53) received an Eric Hoffer Book Award. Other collections include Uncommon Geography, Without Home, Powertalk, and a chapbook award by Pudding House Publications. Her poetry and lyric essays have appeared in such magazines as Gettysburg Review, Tampa Review, Sou’wester, Natural Bridge. Recent contest awards include Welcome Table Press’s Essaying the Body contest. She is an itinerant writer by way of house-sitting. Her photography chronicles her nomadic lifestyle. She teaches for Atlantic Cape Community College and also in unusual locales, such as Eskimo village in northern Alaska, and the Ural Mountains of Russia. www.ThereseHalscheid.com
Dave Worrell , Host
An open mic will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+.

The Atheist in the Attic
2018-05-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 science fiction.” —William Gibson
“I consider Delany not only one of the most important science fiction writ- ers of the present generation, but a fascinating writer in general who has invented a new style.” —Umberto Eco

The title novella, “The Atheist in the Attic,” appearing here in book form for the first time, is a suspenseful and vivid historical narrative, recreating the top-secret meeting between the mathematical genius Leibniz and the philosopher Spinoza caught between the horrors of the cannibalistic Dutch Rampjaar and the brilliant “big bang” of the Enlightenment.
Plus: equal parts history, confession, complaint, gossip, and personal tri- umph, Delany’s “Racism and Science Fiction” combines scholarly research and personal experience in the unique true story of the first major African American author in the genre. And featuring: a bibliography, an author biography, and our candid, uncompromising, and customary Outspoken Interview.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born into a distinguished Harlem family, Samuel R. Delany was a success at nineteen, changing the tone, the content, and the very shape of modern science fiction with his acclaimed novels and stories that bridged the ap- parent gap between science and fantasy to explore gay sexuality, racial and class consciousness, and the limits of imagination and memory. His vast body of work includes memoir, comics, space adventure, mainstream novels, homosexual erotica, and literary criticism of a high order. Until his recent retirement he was a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University.

The 22nd Annual Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Reading
2018-04-29 12:00 - 18:00 | 1199C Hospital Workers Union Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 drink to share
12:00
Richard Bank
Peter Baroth
Benjamin Bass
Adriann Bautista
Herman Beaver
Michele Belluomini
Brandon Blake
12:30
Julia Blumenreich
Eugene Brown
Steve Burke
Eliza Callard
Charles Carr
Ronald Carter
Jose Cedillos
1:00
Marion Cohen
LaDeva Davis
Ashini Desai
Pheralyn Dove
RuNett Ebo
Greg Francis
Michael Franz
Deborah Fries
1:30
Linda Goss
Sandy Green
hanoch guy
Sean Hanrahan
Nate Henty
Alison Hicks
Ditta Baron Hoeber
2:00
Jennifer Hook
Leah “Lyric” Jackson
Krisann Janowitz
H. Alonso Jennings
Irving Jones
Bea Joyner
K.I.R.A.A.T.
2:30
B.E. Kahn
Chris Kaiser
Aziza Kebe
M. Nzadi Keita
Justin Kohn
Catherine Kuzma
Cynthia Lee
3:00
Hazel Lee
Elliott Levin
Warren Longmire
Sean Lynch
Lynette
Alina MacNeal
Angel Martinez
3:30
John Mason
Lia Mastropolo
Octavia McBride-Ahebee
Jerri McDermott
David Mayers
MaryAnn Miller
Gail Mitchell
4:00
Amanda Nies
Stu O’Connor
Claire Owen
George Park IV
Aaren Perry
Prabha Prabhu
Elijah Pringle
4:30
Don Riggs
Stuart Roberts
Kat Robertson
Gloria Rohlfs
Juanita Maria Blanding
Pamela Lynn Blanding-Godbolt
Tyrone Maurice Roosevelt
Colleen Winn
5:00
Tonya Ryva
Fereshteh Sholevar
Mbarek Sryfi
Lamont B. Steptoe
Jeanne Sutton
Ira Tucker
Sandra Turner-Barnes
5:30
Lenore Uddyback-Fortson
Bill VanBuskirk
Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon
Eleanor Wilner
Donna Wolf-Palacio
Martin Woodside
David Worrell
Robert Zaller

Readings by Xander Fraum, Marryann Helferty, John Oliver Mason, and Joe Roarty
2018-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 high octane energy, passionate intelligence, supercharged, insistent blues, jazz and heightened speech rhythms.
Open Reading Follows
Hosts: Jennifer Hook and Alina Macneal

Readings by Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell, and Anne-Adele Wight
2018-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 will be the case at this reading.

Paul Siegell is the author of Take Out Delivery, as well as wild life rifle fire, jambandbootleg and Poemergency Room. He is a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly and has contributed to American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Rattle, and many other fine journals.

Anne-Adele Wight is the author of The Age of Greenhouses, Opera House Arterial, and Sidestep Catapult (2011), all from BlazeVOX. Her work has appeared in American Writing, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, Apiary, Fairies in America, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Host: Suzan Jivan

Readings by Autumn Konopka and Lorraine Henrie Lins
2018-03-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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 the Mad Poets monthly reading series in Bryn Mawr, PA, for about five years and has read her poetry at World Café Live and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Lorraine Henrie Lins is a Pennsylvania county Poet Laureate and the author of four books of poetry. She serves as the Director of New and Emerging Poets with Tekpoet and has had her work appear in numerous publications. Born and raised in the suburbs of Central New Jersey, the self-professed Jersey Girl now resides outside of Philadelphia with her family and several dogs where she has learned to pump her own gas.

Host: Dave Worrell

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street
2018-03-11 14:00 | PA
#MeToo spread virally in October 2017 and has been used on social media to help demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment. Social activist and community organizer Tarana Burke created the phrase “Me Too” on Myspace in 2006 as part of a grassroots campaign to promote “empowerment through empathy” among women of color who have experienced sexual abuse, particularly within underprivileged communities. Burke—who is creating a documentary titled Me Too—has said she was inspired to use the phrase after being unable to respond to a 13-year-old girl who confided in her that she had been sexually assaulted. She later wished she had simply told the girl, “me too.”
Host: Larry Robin

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Wednesday February 28th, 2018 - 7pm
2018-02-28 19:00 | PA
Ahmad Almallah grew up in Bethlehem, Palestine and moved to the U.S. when he was 18 years old. He is a poet, scholar, and translator of Arabic literature. His set of poems “Recourse,” won the 2017 Blanche Colton Williams Fellowship. His poems have appeared in Jacket 2, Track//Four, All Roads Will Lead You Home, Apiary and forthcoming in Making Mirrors: Righting/Writing by Refugees and Supplement.

Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Salvage and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water. A three-time Pushcart Prize Nominee, her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Guernica, Black Renaissance Noire, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. She has served as a Poetry Mentor for the Blueshift Journal’s Speakeasy Project, and is the creator of Sanctuary: A Migrant Poetry Workshop for immigrant poets in Philadelphia.
An open reading will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+.
Hosts: Jennifer Hook and Alina Macneal

Moonstone Poetry @ Toast Cafe, 1201 Spruce Street, Wednesday February 21st, 2018 - 7pm
2018-02-21 19:00 | PA
Romance, with Courtney K. Bambrick. She is poetry editor of Philadelphia Stories and her work has appeared in print or online in Apiary, Certain Circuits, Dirty Napkin, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, and Schuylkill Valley Journal. Courtney has taught composition, creative writing, and literature at a number of colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area.

Peter Baroth is a writer, visual artist, musician, and sometimes editor. He’s recently published his first full-length book of poetry, Lost Autographs, with Moonstone Press. His poetry, short stories, and artwork have appeared in a variety of print and online journals including Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, Apiary, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and elsewhere.

An open mic will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+.
Host: Suzan Jivan

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Wednesday February 14th, 2018 - 7pm
2018-02-14 19:00 | PA
Savannah Cooper-Ramsey is a poet and a member of Philly’s Art Dept Collective. Her conceptual chapbook projects, Not Fit For Print: Forthcoming Titles and The Self and Other Jokes, will be released by Waterhouse Ltd Press in Spring 2018. Her poems have appeared in Whirlwind Magazine, the 2017 Moonstone Anthology, and elsewhere. She is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University and teaches at Drexel.

Lynn Hoffmn is a master of moments, stacking them together like photographs to make a coherent statement about the need for sex and love to cohere. He writes, “Sometimes the lack is half the joy.” He’s a lyrical poet, creating music through the repetition of lines. The language has a rock and roll bounce; I see him as a modern Yeats, taking on the discordance of love and sex, transforming them into poetry that remains breath-taking and heart-wrenching. —Hal Sirowitz, Author of Mother Said, Former Poet Laureate of Queens, Winner of the Nebraska Book Award.
An open mic will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+.
Host: Dave Worrel

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Wednesday February 7th, 2018 - 7pm
2018-02-07 19:00 | PA
Lamont B. Steptoe is a poet, activist, Vietnam Veteran, photographer and founder/publisher of Whirlwind Press. Steptoe has a clear, direct and matter-of-fact approach and his language is rich and revealing to his socio-cultural subject matter. He is the author of fourteen books of poetry, has performed his work at the Library of Congress, the National Library of Nicaragua, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Shakespeare & Co. in Paris, the Knitting Factory, the Schomburg Center for Black Culture, and various colleges. An open mic will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+.
Host: Sean Lynch

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street, Tuesday February 6th, 2018 - 6:30pm
2018-02-06 18:30 | PA
Poetry as a Home for the Homeless: Host: Charles S. Carr, Poetry from One Step Away, featuring Richard “Ram” Ramson*, Tammy Mitchell* and Joseph Albater*
There are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia are. They represent every form of poetry, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them. The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month over Comcast Cable 66/966 HD/967 and Verizon FIOS 29/30. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us!
One Step Away, a nonprofit organization that produces a monthly street paper, raises awareness while creating jobs for people experiencing homelessness and poverty.
“One Step Away is a fantastic organization giving real opportunities to the homeless or those on the verge of being homeless. The program gives its vendors the opportunity to earn an income with a low barrier to entry. The work is by no means easy. The vendors are on their feet all day and have to learn a surprisingly large amount about entrepreneurship–budgeting, inventory management, customer service, and business planning to name a few. One Step Away makes a real in hard working peoples’ lives as they climb out of the troubles any of us could one day face. Please consider helping to expand the program and be sure to visit your local vendors!” – Erik Hudzik, October 4, 2016
*One Step Away Vendors and poets

Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Continuing our Wednesday night readings at Fergie’s and sending us into the second month of 2018 will be a few familiar faces in Nathelie Anderson, Alicia Askenase, and Herman Beavers!
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No River Twice: Improvisational Poetry "ImproPo"
2018-01-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
A new addition to our stable of poetry events, join us for Improvisational Poetry at Fergie’s for what is certain to be a one-of-a-kind afternoon!
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Readers tba
Open mic will follow
Hosted by Jennifer Hook and Alina MacNeal

A Philadelphia Tribute to Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon
2018-01-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Celebrate the release of our chapbook that collects local poetry made in tribute to Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon! Contributors will read their selections from the chapbook, which will be available for sale to the public during the event.
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Jacob Russell lives in South Philly where he writes, plays barroom pool, and grows tomatoes and basil in the little strip of a garden in front of his apartment. Paul Siegell is the author of wild life rifle fire, jambandbootleg and Poemergency Room. He has contributed to American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Coconut, Rattle, and many other fine journals. Paul is a copywriter by day and a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly by choice. An open mic will follow the featured readers. Suzan Jivan, host

Chapbook Contest Winners - Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Philly Loves Poetry: The Moonstone Chapbooks
2018-01-09 18:30 - 19:30 | PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
The newest Moonstone poets sit down to read their poetry and discuss the context of their writings. This event is also broadcast LIVE on PhillyCAM (Comcast channel 66/966 and Verizon channel 29/30).
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
2018-01-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Angelo Colavira, author of Heroines, lives and writes in Philadelphia, where he hosts Oxford Coma, a nihilist poetry reading series. His work has appeared in Apiary Magazine, The Philadelphia Citizen, Mad House, and elsewhere.
Penelope Gristelfink’s first novel will be published by Propertius Press in 2017. Her poems and fiction have appeared or will appear in Loch Raven Review, The Potomac, Eclectica Magazine, Foliate Oak, and The Seattle Review.
An open mic will follow the featured readers. The event is free and 21+. Sean Lynch, host

Debs of December - Moonstone Poetry @ Toast Café
2017-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Toast Café, 1201 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Deborah Burnham, author of Anna and the Steel Mill, Still and a volume ofpoetry, is the Associate Undergraduate Chair of the English Department and teaches poetry and poetry writing, with a particular interest in formal poems and in the history of women’s poetry at UPENN. Deborah Fox found her love for poetry as a result of a 5th grade homework assignment and has been writing poetry ever since. She is author of Treasures in Darkness and In the Stillness. Deborah Fries is a poet and non-fiction writer whose work reflects her interest in environmental, medical and social issues. She is the author of two books of poetry and her recent poems and essays appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Grit, Gravity & Grace, 0-Dark-Thirty, Philadelphia Stories, Terrain.org, Narrative Matters and Poet Lore. Debra Leigh Scott is a multi-disciplined artist – a singer, writer, playwright, documentary filmmaker as well as an activist whose work focuses largely in areas of education rights and economic justice. She is the Founding Director of Hidden River Arts and her fiction has appeared in such literary journals as The Oxford American, The Chattahoochee Review, River City, Words of Wisdom, TPQ, The Abiko Quarterly (Japan), Purnev (Portugal) and The Ashen Eye (Thailand)
An open mic will follow the featured readers, Suzan Jivan, Host.

Moonstone Poetry @ Toast Café
2017-12-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Toast Café, 1201 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Sarah Blake is the author of two poetry collections, Let’s Not Live on Earth and Mr. West. An illustrated workbook accompanies her chapbook, Named After Death. In 2013, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her debut novel, Naamah is forthcoming. Nomi Stone’s second collection of poems, Kill Class is forthcoming, based on two years of fieldwork she conducted within war trainings in mock Middle Eastern villages erected by the US military across America. Stone has a PhD in Anthropology, and MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson, and teaches at Princeton University.
An open mic will follow the featured readers, Dave Worrell, host.

2017 Anthology of Featured Poets @ Fergie's Pub
2017-12-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Join us for an afternoon of poetry and camaraderie. The 2017 Anthology of Featured Poets includes 50 of the over 100 featured poets who read for Moonstone in 2017, many of whom will read on December 10.
A listing of the poets included in the anthology is on our website www.moonstoneartscenter.com, which includes some of the best poets reading in Philadelphia today. That makes this a terrific book to give to poetry lovers and to use in poetry classes since readers can go hear the poets as well as read their work.

Philly Loves Poet Laureates @PhillyCAM
2017-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
2017 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCAM

Sonia Sanchez, Philadelphia’s First Poet Laureate, Yolanda Wisher is the 2016-17 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, Husnaa Hashim is the current Youth PoetLaureate, David Jones is a former Youth Poet Laureate.
Host: Charles S. Carr

Home(less) @ PhillyCAM
2017-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 | PA
Join our live studio audience for Home(less): An evening of poetry, photography and video on the themes of home and homelessness. Featuring poems by Krisann Janowitz; creative writing by One Step Away vendor and writer, Richard Ramson “Ram”; photos by Harvey Finkle; video by Karen Walker.
PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street, (267) 639-5481, info@phillycam.org
Doors open at 6:30 PM.
The taping is FREE and open to the public.

Moonstone Poetry @Toast Café
2017-11-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Toast Café, 1201 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Angel Murray-Kelly is a singer/songwriter, LGBTQ+ youth advocate, vegetarian, & local Philly youth poet. David Jones is a Philadelphia native, poet, writer, performer, Temple University student, and Youth Poet Laureate Emeritus of Philadelphia. Christian Warrick is a Philadelphia-born Maori-American poet and story writer. He’s a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in English and minoring in Education. An open mic will follow the featured readers. Alina Macneal& Jennifer Hook, hosts

Moonstone Gold @ Fergie’s Pub Presents Afaa M. Weaver Interviewed by Earnest Hilbert
2017-11-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Tickets $15.00, Students with ID – $7.50 – available at Square.com
In 2014, Weaver completed his Plum Flower Trilogy with the publication of his 14th collection of poetry, City of Eternal Spring. A Los Angeles Times review of the trilogy echoed previous critical evaluations of his oeuvre to date: “Compared to Whitman by the poet Michael Harper and critic Arnold Rampersad, Weaver brings in new voices and experiences to American poetry, and like Whitman he sings and celebrates himself. … poems written in the black vernacular … with their short, crisp lines, and with great attention to detail and with great compassion, take us to inner city Baltimore, to his mother’s kitchen and his grandmother’s bedside, to the basketball court, the factory, and the front stoop to show the different experiences, voices, histories that are part of his own unique development.”
In Spirit Boxing ($15.95, Pitt Poetry Series), Weaver revisits his working class core. The veteran of fifteen years as a factory worker in his native Baltimore, he mines his own experience to build a wellspring of craft in poems that extend from his life to the lives that inhabit the whole landscape of the American working class. He writes with an intimacy that is unique in American poetry, and echoes previous comparisons of his oeuvre to that of Walt Whitman. The singularity of his voice resonates here through the prism of his realization of self through a lifelong project of the integration of American and Chinese culture. The work is Daoist in influence and structure as it echoes both a harmonic realization of context and the intuitive and transcendent dance of body, mind, and spirit. Books will be available for purchase and to be autographed.
