Sunday December 1, 2024 @ 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL Remembering Dennis Brutus (1924 – 2009) On Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfu-prjIiE9eezsl16I2_NXEdA45fkVSb Born in Zimbabwe, poet and human rights activist Dennis Brutus grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was educated at Fort Hare University College. He taught high school for 14 years until he was […]
Remembering T. S. Eliot Sunday January 5, 2025 2pm EST virtual Register for the Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItdOuopzkpHtZMtMmL-wsKMt33Qh3uvIr- (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright, a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through the use of language, writing style, and verse structure. Also noted for his […]
Monday, April 7th — 2pm VIRTUAL – 2024 Featured Poets On Zoom – Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lfcdsIFeTdGAdAm0v0FnkQ In 2024, Moonstone Arts Center hosted almost 100 events with nearly 200 poets, both local and international. 75 of those featured poets contributed to this anthology and will read with us again. Buy the Featured Poets 2024 anthology here. Featured Poets […]
Virtual Reading: Remembering William Butler Yeats Sunday, June 15, 2025 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/30Xa0KKUQuqq-mApWGpv7Q An Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later […]
Tuesday July 15, 2025 – 5pm – LIVE – BETRAYED: Violence Against Women Central Free Library, Skyline Room (4th Floor), 901 Vine Street Featuring 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) In a rare, starred […]
Virtual Reading: Betrayed: Violence Against Women Sunday July 20, 2025 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3RqcVPSiSfO6TwlOsIMQmg BETRAYED – 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. The […]
Indigenous Peoples Day Sunday October 12, 2025 – 2pm VIRTUAL Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ITiexC3URACn-4yLkowizw Submit to be a part of the anthology before Oct. 5th: https://moonstoneartscenter.submittable.com/projects/edit/3d76a3e1-a9d1-403b-b835-d63e8c9d4b51 Indigenous 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 […]
30th Annual Poetry Ink – LIVE READING Saturday, December 13, 2pm Central Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, Literature Dept. 2nd Floor The 30th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology contains 118 poems by poets from around the world. We want you all: Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, Academic Poets, Street Poets, Poets who write Sonnets, Villanelle, Haiku, […]
Virtual: Bill of Rights 2025 Sunday December 21, 2pm EST Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/oYNfQ0_WTCSJj2p4dFC62Q The United States’ Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791, meant to guarantee civil rights and liberties. Below is a reminder of the rights included in the ratification. Our last anthology of the year – What happened to […]
Remembering Langston Hughes Sunday February 1, 2026 – 2pm Eastern Zoom Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XXf_26_ZRE6a9MzFrJzzRw Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) During the twenties when most American poets were turning inward, writing obscure and esoteric poetry to an ever-decreasing audience of readers, Hughes was turning outward, using language and themes, attitudes and ideas […]
