Moonstone Presents:

Moonstone Presents: Candida Rodriguez & BJ Schwartz

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

Candida Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico where she developed a passion for reading and writing. When she turned 16 years old, she moved to Camden, where she joined her parents and two siblings. Her passion is in writing fantasy and science fiction, but has found a home in the lyricism of poetry and is a […]

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Moonstone Presents: Barbara Siegel Carlson & Micellina & Joe McCullough

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

Barbara Siegel Carlson is the author of two poetry collections Fire Road and Once in Every Language. She is co-translator of Look Back, Look Ahead, Selected Poems of Srečko Kosovel and is co-editor of A Bridge of Voices: Contemporary Slovene Poetry and Perspectives.       Micellina & Joe McCullough are a dynamic duo in […]

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Moonstone Presents: Hanoch Guy & Lisa Grunberger

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

Hanoch Guy is a bilingual poet who spent his younger years in Israel. An emeritus professor at Temple, he has published poetry in Genre Magazine, Poetry Newsletter, Tracks, the International Journal of Genocide Studies, Poetry Motel, Visions International and Poetica Magazine.     Lisa Grunberger, Temple University Professor and playwright, is also an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in The New York Times and […]

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Moonstone Presents: Lynn Levin & Joan Roberta Ryan

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

Lynn Levin is a poet, writer, translator, and teacher, author of six books, most recently a poetry collection, Miss Plastique; a translation from the Spanish, Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Peruvian Andean poet Odi Gonzales; and, as co-author, the textbook Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets. The recipient of fourteen Pushcart Prize nominations, Levin has published […]

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Moonstone Presents: New Voices with Bela Azar & Vision

South Philadelphia Free Library 1700 S. Broad Street (Morris Street), Philadelphia, PA, United States

Perry “Vision” DiVirgilio is a poet, activist and youth poetry educator. A graduate of Dickinson College, Vision’s work focuses on racial identity, identity politics, healing, and dismantling toxic masculinity. Vision’s poetry and poetry workshops were featured on CNN’s “Black in America 5,” the highest rated documentary in CNN history. He’s performed in over 30 international […]

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Moonstone Presents: Aaren Perry, Don Riggs & Lamont Steptoe

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

Aaren Perry is a Philadelphia-based writer who teaches poetry and writing He is the recipient of a 1990 Writing Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and is Poet-in-Residence at a number of educational institutions.       Don Riggs is author of Bilateral Asymmetry, his poetry has appeared in many publications and he […]

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Moonstone Presents: Relationships and Other Conflicts, Poetry Reading

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

    Jennifer Anolik is an educator and writer. Her poetry has appeared in Infinite Rust, Apiary Online, BlazeVox, The Prompt Literary Magazine. When she is not writing poetry, she writes curriculum.         Amy Barone is author of We Became Summer, Kamikaze Dance and Views from the Driveway. Her poetry has appeared in Café Review, Standpoint […]

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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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Moonstone & Apiary Magazine Present: HIVE NIGHT

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

  HIVE NIGHT is Apiary Magazine’s showcase and open mic celebrating every stripe of literary artist the city has to offer. Come to hear voices from Philadelphia writing tribes old and new, spanning Apiary’s decade-long history. Stay to share your own work in a laid back, inclusive space, whatever the form, genre or mood, to […]

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Moonstone Presents: Rodriguez & Dr. Williams-Witherspoon Poetry, Open Reading to follow

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

    Edythe Rodriguez is a senior at Temple University studying Creative Writing and Africology. She will be anthologized this year in The Dreamers Anthology: Writing Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank and FEMME: Literati Mixtape.           Dr. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, PhD (Cultural Anthropology), MA (Anthropology), MFA (Theater), Graduate […]

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