Moonstone Arts Center

Philly Loves Poetry: David Livewell
2026-08-04 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | PhillyCAM, 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106, United States
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with David Livewell
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
6:30pm – Live Broadcast
Watch live on the Phillycam website
Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30
David Livewell was raised in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia. He won the 2012 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his first book, Shackamaxon. His poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Threepenny Review, Dark Horse, Poetry, The Yale Review, American Life in Poetry, The Hopkins Review, and other journals. He received a 2025 fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and lives with his family just outside Philadelphia. His latest collection, Pass and Stow, is out now from Paul Dry Books.
Charles S. Carr, Host

Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty
2026-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty
Wednesday August 5, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE
Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street
Stevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review.
Mike Jurkovic, 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. President Calling All Poets Series. Co-chair of the Music Fan Film Series.

Joe Roarty – Anyone who has seen local legend, Joe Roarty, perform at Fergie’s Pub or other venues around Philadelphia knows to expect poetry that is original, explosive, humorous, and, literally, percussive.
Aaren Perry – Host – Open Reading Follows

VIRTUAL EVENT - National Book Lovers Day
2026-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
VIRTUAL EVENT – National Book Lovers Day
Book Lovers Day is celebrated on the 9th of August every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Book Lovers Day is widely recognized on global scale yet its origin and creator remain unknown to date.
Link to Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/f7cHnTsGSLGnHbzv4dA2jQ

Recent Publications: Regina Dilgen, Wendell Hawken, Beth Konkoski, & Sophia Pinto Thomas
2026-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Regina Dilgen, Wendell Hawken, Beth Konkoski, & Sophia Pinto Thomas
Sunday August 16, 2pm ET – VIRTUAL
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ
Regina’s new book is Back from the River, $11.00
Regina Dilgen was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. She served as Professor of English and Department Chair at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Florida, and she holds a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University. Her poetry has been published in Chameleon Chimera: An Anthology of Florida Poets, Poetry South, Blueline, redrosethorns, Earth’s Daughters, Quartler(ly), The Dewdrop, Persimmon Tree, Passager, and Apollo’s Lute. Regina attended the Breadloaf Writers Conference in Sicily, and she was a featured poet at a Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches reading.
Wendell’s new book is Slinky on the Bottom, $11.00

Wendell Hawken (she/her) earned her MFA from Warren Wilson College’s Program for Writers. Publications include four chapbooks and six full collections. Hawkens was named the inaugural Post Laureate of Millwood VA, an unincorporated quirky village in the northern Shenandoah Valley where she lives.
Beth’s new book is Hold Near the Middle, $11.00
Beth Konkoski is a writer and high school English teacher living in Virginia where she spends as much time as possible listening to the sounds of a pen across the page and water across rocks. Her poetry has been published in journals such as: The American Journal of Poetry, Mid-Atlantic Review, and The Potomac Review. She is the author of A Drawn & Papered Heart, a collection of short and flash fiction that won the 2023 Acacia Prize for Short Fiction and was published by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2024.
Sophia’s new book is Floodings, $11.00
Sophia Pinto Thomas is a poet from Boston, Massachusetts. She enjoys experimenting with the possibilities of rhyme, learning from thetrials of young adulthood, and observing the wonders of the natural world. Sophia is an eco-poet, world-maker, and eternal student. Her first poetry book, “Alchemies, Arrivals”, was published with QuillKeepers press in 2025.
