Moonstone Presents:

Philly Loves Poetry: The Moonstone Chapbooks

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA, 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). More details tba.

A Philadelphia Tribute to Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon

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. More details tba

Moonstone Presents: A Tribute to J.C. Todd, Chapbook Release Party

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

For some strange reason we tend to wait until someone dies before we express our gratitude for what they have done. We have memorials where people get up and say how important the person was to them and what they had accomplished. Why wait? Why not have a party honoring the person with praise poems […]

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‘Philadelphia Says: Women Are Voting’ Anthology Release & Reading @ Fergie’s Pub

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Philadelphia Says: Women Are Voting For the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment (the right of women to vote) Moonstone asks: What is the condition of women’s lives today? Women’s right to vote was passed in 1919, What did it accomplish? What […]

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Chapbook Release Party: 5 Featured Authors @ Fergie’s Pub

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Chapbook Release Party & Reading Leonard Kress has published poetry and fiction in Missouri Review, Massachusetts Review, Iowa Review, American Poetry Review, Harvard Review among others. His recent collections are The Orpheus Complex, Walk like Bo Diddley, Living in the Candy Store, and Other […]

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Remembering Amiri Baraka, Book Release & Reading

Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine St

Join us in celebrating the life and work of renowned poet Amiri Baraka on his 85th birthday! A dramatist, novelist, and poet whose career spanned over fifty years, he is one of the most respected and widely published African American writers. Poets will read their contributions to the Moonstone Chapbook, Remembering Amiri Baraka.  (Available for […]

Remembering Walt Whitman

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago (May 31, 1819), his life coincided with a time of great division in America—the Civil War. Whitman eulogized the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in “O Captain! My Captain!”, a moment in history marked by hatred and bloodshed. His poem “The Wound Dresser” described the job of a first […]

New Voices 2: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets

Shakespeare and Co. 1632 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA, 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

The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, 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 […]