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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Event: Gina Myers\, Alina Pleskova\, Warren Longmire
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading with Gina Myers\, Alina Pleskova\, and Warren Longmire\n\nLIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.\nWednesday November 2 @ 7:30PM\n\nEvent will be streamed via Zoom. Registration Required– Register Here: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pceqvqTIsGtHtpjemioTAOXaz6B_ZzVn6 \n  \n Gina Myers’s latest book\, Some of the Times\, was published by Barrelhouse in October 2020. She is the author of two other full-length poetry collections\, A Model Year (2009) and Hold It Down (2013)\, as well as several chapbooks. In addition to poetry\, she has published essays\, reviews\, and articles for a variety of publications. She lives in Philadelphia\, PA\, where she works in communications and co-edits the tiny with ebs and Cul-de-sac of Blood with Jeff T. Johnson.  \n  \nAlina Pleskova is fixing to become poet-in-residence of the astral realm. She is a Moscow-born\, Philadelphia-based poet & editor\, author of What Urge Will Save Us\, Toska. Alina is a recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Art & Change and Window of Opportunity grants; has hosted workshops\, events\, & panels\, is founder of the Cheburashka Collective (women & nonbinary writers who are emigres/first-gen/refugees from the Soviet diaspora)\, and co-edits bedfellows\, a literary magazine topically focused on sex\, desire\, & intimacy.   \n  \nWarren Longmire is a writer\, technologist and an educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is a former co-editor of Apiary Magazine\, a board member for Blue Stoop and has taught at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He’s been published in journals including Prolit\, American Poetry Review and The Painted Bride Quarterly and is featured in the Best American Poetry 2021 anthology. His first full length publication\, Open Source\, was released in 2021 through Radiator Press. His second\, Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop is set to release in the winter of 2022 through Fonograf Editions.  \n  \nebs Host\, Open Reading Follows
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Alexander Khan\, Claire Palmer\, John Tom Raczkowski & China Rain
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading with Alexander Khan\, Claire Palmer\, John Tom Raczkowski & China Rain\n\nLIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.\nWednesday November 9 @ 7:30PM\n\nEvent will be streamed via Zoom. Registration Required– Register Here: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOurqT8tEtfqB8TkrAAoNrx3q7OUGbv8 \n  \nAlexander Khan is a creative writing student at the University of the Arts. As a queer person\, his writing focuses on the link between queerness\, mental health\, and family. He was first published in 3rd grade in a national book focused on poems about bullying.  \n  \n  \nClaire Palmer is a 21-year-old writer\, poet\, & philosopher based in Philadelphia. Born in Doylestown\, Pennsylvania\, she currently attends The University of the Arts as a senior in the Creative Writing program. Drawing from magical realism & pagan folklore\, her artistic style also sources inspiration from political history & dialogic language. Motifs of ancestry\, karma\, & free will often can be found in her work. Find Claire on Instagram @cklayre.  \n  \nJohn Tom Raczkowski is the Senior Editor and Coordinator for University of the Art’s annual magazine Underground Pool\, responsible for publishing student driven works as well as hosting events and open mics for students. He is also a consistent Review Writer for Publisher’s Weekly. He reads and writes poetry in his spare time. \n  \n  \nChina Rain is a writer and mixed media artist living in Philadelphia\, inhabiting a 24-year-old body in its last year at the Universtiy of the Arts.  \nShe likes long walks and feeding birds\, you can find their work in the newest issue of Prolit Magazine\, Prose online\, and elsewhere at @china_rainnn on instagram.  \n  \n  \nJohn Wall Barger\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-alexander-khan-claire-palmer-john-tom-raczkowski-china-rain/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Event: Celebrating Larry Robin's 80th Birthday!
DESCRIPTION:Come Join Us As We Celebrate Larry Robin’s 80th Birthday!\n\nLIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.\nSunday November 20 @ 2PM\n\n“In my youth in the 60’s the motto was “never trust anyone over 30”\, now my grandchildren are over 30. I am extremely lucky to have worked on the things I believe in my entire life. 52 years at Robin’s Book Store\, 41 years with Moonstone. Promoting art and education. What else could one wish for? Should you want to do something for me\, donate something to the Moonstone Arts Center\, www.moonstoneartscenter.com. I hope to see you on the 20th. If you have any questions\, please contact me.” – Larry \n              Picture by Sandy Robin \n  \nJoin Us for Socializing and Poetry!\n2pm – Doors Open \n3pm – Ten Minutes of Readings \n\nLynn Levin\nWarren Longmire\nSean Hanahan\nZ Murphy\nMatilda Bray\nJoe Roarty\n\n4pm – Ten Minutes of Readings \n\nC. Todd\nLamont Steptoe\nAaren Perry\nMac Chandler\nEvan Wang\nEleanor Wilner\n\n5pm – Open Reading            \nElijah Pringle Host
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Event: David Acosta\, Chris Bullard\, Colin Morgan & Molly Russakoff
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading with David Acosta\, Chris Bullard\, Colin Morgan & Molly Russakoff\n\nLIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.\nWednesday November 23 @ 7PM\n\nEvent will be streamed via Zoom. Registration Required– Register Here: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpdOyhrD8vHdFWcWTkXfzrI94iaoui6QyV \n  \nDavid Acosta\, author of Miscellany\, is a well-known poet\, writer\, and activist whose works have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. He has served on a variety of committees and boards\, including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and The AIDS Law Project. As a founding member of both the Art Emergency Coalition and the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression (which went on to successfully sue the National Endowment for the Arts during the 90s culture wars.)  As a Latinx\, racially mixed\, indigenous\, gay man\, he continues to blend art and activism as he collaborates on countless projects throughout the city while producing his own art and writing. \nChris Bullard is a native Floridian who lives in Philadelphia\, is author of Continued\, Going Peaceably to the Obsidian Knife and Rainclouds of Y.  He received his B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.F.A. from Wilkes University. His work has appeared in recent issues of Leveler\, Muse/A Journal\, The Woven Tale\, Nimrod\, American Journal of Poetry and The Offbeat.   \n  \nColin Morgan (known as Marc Moore in some literary circles) is the CEO of Night City Publishing\, a record label based in Philadelphia\, PA. Additionally\, they are the lead editor and founder of Parquet Poetry magazine\, a small literary and art journal also based in Philadelphia. Colin plays bass in the band Queen Mob and has been published worldwide in many elite verse and art journals\, but their most important work is the unseen text of whatever they are currently writing. Follow Night City Publishing on IG: @nightcitypublishing – Submit to Parquet Poetry on IG: @parquet.poetry \nMolly Russakoff has been living and writing in Philadelphia since 1979.  She was a poetics student and teaching assistant in the early days of Naropa University in Boulder Co.\, studying with many of the Beat\, Black Mountain and New York School poets.  She won a Pew Fellowship in 1993. Molly currently owns Molly’s Books & Records with her husband\, Joe Ankenbrand.  She will be reading from her recently completed novel manuscript\, Red Tape.
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Event with Elliott batTzedek\, Glen A. Mazis & Michelle Myers 
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Reading with Elliott batTzedek\, Glen A. Mazis & Michelle Myers\n\nLIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St.\nWednesday November 30 @ 7PM\n\nEvent will also be streamed via Zoom. Registration Required — Register Here: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApdu-srjstH9bN8iOr3xoQ7a_AzzwN6Nbd \n  \nElliott batTzedek’s translation manuscript of “Dance of the Lunatic” by the Israeli Jewish lesbian writer Shez won the 2012 Robert Bly Translation prize. She is the events coordinator for Big Blue Marble Bookstore\, cofounder of QuillsEdge Press\, and founder of Poetry Business Manager. Her work appears or is forthcoming in the journals: American Poetry Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Naugatuck River Review\, Lambda Literary Online\, and Sinister Wisdom. She blogs about poetry and translation at thisfrenzy.com. \nGlen A. Mazis taught philosophy for decades at Penn State Harrisburg\, retiring in 2020. He has more than 90 poems in literary journals\, including Rosebud\, The North American Review\, Sou’wester\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Willow Review\, Atlanta Review\, Reed Magazine and Asheville Poetry Review\, and the collection\, The River Bends\, a chapbook\, The Body Is a Dancing Star\, and Bodies of Space and Time oks. He has published five philosophy books with the most recent being\, Merleau-Ponty and the Face of the World: Silence\, Ethics\, Imagination and Poetic Ontology. He is the 2019 winner of the Malovrh-Fenlon Poetry Prize. \nMichelle Myers is an award-winning poet and educator. Appearing on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam as a founding member of Yellow Rage\, Michelle harnesses her experiences as a biracial Korean American woman to create work that raises awareness and builds community. Her writing has been published in Apiary\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, Title Magazine\, Brevity\, and USA Today. Her work also has received recognition from the Leeway Foundation\, Loft Literary Center\, Asian Arts Initiative\, and Dodge Poetry Program. Michelle currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Berrie Center\, and her CCPTV show Drop the Mic has been nominated for six Emmys. Michelle’s poetry is featured in the NY Times bestseller Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now as well as My Life: Growing Up Asian in America.
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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