New Voices 2: Philadelphia's Emerging Poets
2019-11-17 14:00 (America/New_York) | Shakespeare and Co., 1632 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Our second anthology of poets under 25 drawn from the readers at our monthly poetry reading and submissions to the book. Contributors will be reading their poems and the book will be for sale to the public.
Krissan, Host – Open Reading Follows

Philadelphia Says: On War and Peace
2019-11-17 14:00 | The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
This Anthology centers its focus on the aspects of War and Peace, and how it has evolved alongside technology and ideology. Contributors will be reading their poems.The anthology will be for sale to the public.
In Tandem With:
Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War

Featuring: Kenneth Campbell, Marine combat veteran; VVAW Activist, Associate Professor Emeritus, U of Delaware; Ron Carver and Barbara Doherty, Co-editors, Waging Peace in Vietnam; David Connolly, Member, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Poet, Author of Lost in America; Judith Chomsky, Co-Founder, Philadelphia Resistance; International Human Rights Attorney; W. D. Ehrhart, Vietnam Veteran, Poet Author, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; Lamont B. Steptoe, Vietnam Veteran; Poet; winner of an American Book Award and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Author of Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare

“No one did more to bring an end to America’s cruel and unjust war in Vietnam than the patriotic GIs and veterans who turned against it. This extraordinary history of their struggle should inspire all of us who seek to end the ongoing and interrelated threats of war, nuclear doomsday, and environmental catastrophe.”
–Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers
Larry Robin, Host, Open Reading follows
