Live at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom. Nzadi Keita’s new poetry collection, Migration Letters, centers her upbringing in Black working-class Philadelphia. Pat McLean-Smith is a female word artist dedicated to the writing, reciting and powerful performance of poetry. Debra Powell-Wright has been a performance poet for the past 25+ years and has been published in […]
Sarah Browning is the author of Call Me Yes, Killing Summer, and others, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry, and teaches online with Writers in Progress. W. D. Ehrhart’s most recent books are Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam, Patriotism, and American Life, and At Smedley […]
February 18, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Alison Hicks, Chloe Yelena Miller, David J. Schast, Laura Tanenbaum and Sean Hanrahan as the host. Alison Hicks’ fourth collection of poems is Homing. Previous collections are You Who Took the Boat Out and Kiss, and chapbook Falling Dreams. Her work has appeared in Gargoyle, Permafrost, and Poet Lore. She is founder of […]
February 25, 2026 – Live at Fergies Featuring: Blaithin Simpson, Julien Smith, and Mac Chandler as host. Blaithin Simpson is a 22 year old writer who focuses on projecting inner thoughts in abstract ways. She is currently studying creative writing at The New School. Julien Smith (he/they) is primarily a fiction writer who dabbles in nonfiction […]
Wednesday March 4, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Jo Piazza, Christina Rosso-Schneider, and Julianna Forlano as Host Jo Piazza is an international bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and podcast creator known for 12+ books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and We Are Not Like Them. She hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Under the Influence. Her work […]
Wednesday March 11, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Eli Goldblatt, Michelle Myers, Diane Sahms, Iris Wilde, and Aaren Perry as Host Eli Goldblatt is Professor Emeritus of English at Temple University and former director of New City Writing. Michelle Myers is an award-winning poet, author, and educator whose work centers storytelling, cultural memory, and voice. […]
Wednesday March 18, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Featuring: Vincent Bush, Demetra De’Vine, William E. Heston, Matthew Klauber, and Sean Hanrahan as Host Vincent Bush is a Philadelphia-based mixed media artist and poet. Through his chosen mediums, Vincent explores healing, identity, and the power of love, often using the heart as a universal symbol that transcends […]
Wednesday April 1, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub @ 7pm Featuring: Peter Baroth, Courtney Bambrick, Emiliano Martin, and Liz Allen as Host Peter Baroth is a writer, artist, and musician based in the Philadelphia area. He has published a novel, Long Green and his most recent chapbook is Ski Oklahoma. , he is on the editorial […]
