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
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 […]
Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Salvage: Poems and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water. Her work has appeared in ESPNW, Hyperallergic, Guernica, Scoundrel Time, Academy of American Poets, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, The Massachusetts Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, and elsewhere. Eleanor Wilner will be reading from her new collection, Before Our Eyes: […]
Hail to the Symptom Gloria Heffernan is the author of the poetry collection, What the Gratitude List Said to the Bucket List (forthcoming from New York Quarterly Books), and the chapbook, Some of Our Parts, (Finishing Line Press, 2018), and Hail to the Symptom. Her work has appeared in over fifty journals including Chautauqua Literary […]
Amanda Auerbach is author of What Need Have We For Such as We, her poems have appeared in the Paris Review, Kenyon Review, and other journals. In What Need Have We For Such as We, the speaker quickly transitions from being a lyrical poet to being a person infected by a poetic voice that, like […]
Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing […]
Charles S. Carr is author of paradise, pennsylvania, and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. He has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub and […]
Herman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the U of P, where he teaches courses in African American literature and Creative Writing. He is the author of two scholarly monographs: Wrestling Angels into Song: The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James A. McPherson and Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of […]
John Wall Barger is the author of The Mean Game, The Book of Festus, Hummingbird and Pain-proof Men, Dying in Dharamsala, Samovar / Dukkha, and The Vnfortunate Report & Tragicall Tidings of Leslie Barger. Barger has been shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize twice, has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and Best of the Best […]
Spencer Nitkey poems and prose have appeared in Short Editions, The Gateway Review, Critical Read, and more. He is an Educator, Communicator, Writer, Researcher, and Storyteller. Doris Zheku is a first generation Albanian-American, who moved to France, was active in Paris’ anglophone open mic scene and returned to Philadelphia. She is […]
