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SUMMARY:PhillyCAM - Generations of Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM \nThere 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 the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them. The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \n\nLeonard Gontarek coordinates Peace/Works\, Poetry In Common\, Philly Poetry Day\, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series\, is Poetry Consultant for Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review. He is the author of six books of poems\, has twice received poetry fellowships from the PCA and conducts poetry workshops. \n  \n  \n  \n\nMax Gontarek is a poet from Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars program and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. In addition to writing poetry\, he makes music under various pseudonyms\, including Sally Port\, Hoist Point\, and A Clip in the Lughole. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
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LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry From The Moonstone Hosts
DESCRIPTION: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 is now host of Philly Loves Poetry a monthly broadcast on Philly Cam. \n  \n\nRyan Eckes‘ narrative-driven poetry is “a possible form of history\,” a way to document the voices and conditions of urban life. His book\, Old News\, weaves newspaper articles from the 1920s with his neighbors’ personal accounts of life in South Philadelphia\, Valu-Plus continues his examination of Philadelphia\, as he imaginatively makes use of corporate language\, workplace correspondence\, and other non-poetic texts\, “in search of free expression and experience\,” \n  \n\nJennifer Hook came to Philadelphia for the grit. Following the death of her husband of thirty-five years\, she chose poetry as an entry into the territory of loss and self-reinvention. She is the author of This is How He Left Me and co-host of Moonstone’s fourth Wednesday at Fergie’s. She has read at 100\,000 Poets for Change\, Poetic Feats of Strength\, The Osage Poets\, Philadelphia Poetry Day\, and Why Are They Called The Poetry Liberation Front?. \n  \n  \n\nKrisann Janowitz has always had a passion for poetry and words (since elementary school– if you count all the song lyrics about bubblegum). Among others\, her poems have been published by streetcake magazine\, The Avenue\, and Z Publishing. Along with her chapbook Home(less): A Sampling of Poems on Home & Homelessness published by Moonstone Press\, Krisann is honored to be the host of Moonstone’s New Voices. \n  \n\nSean Lynch is a leftist poet and editor who lives in South Philly.  His poems have been published in various journals and he is the author of four chapbooks\, the latest being On Violence\, published in 2019 by Radical Paper Press. On Violence is a diverse assortment of poems that explore the dichotomy between the oppressive violence of the state versus violence that frees oneself from oppression. \n  \n\nAlina Macneal is a Philadelphia-based educator/writer/poet/translator/architect and co-host of the Fourth Wednesday Moonstone poetry series at Fergie’s.  Her poems have appeared in Apiary\, Poems for the Writing\, The World to Come\, and Poetry 24.  In 2015 she was a finalist for the Raynes poetry prize. Since the last presidential election Alina has been translating the 1930’s political poems of the Polish poet\, Julian Tuwim. \n  \n  \n\nAaren Perry is an invited poet at schools\, colleges and conferences. Along with his three collections of poetry\, his work has appeared in magazines\, newspapers\, on NPR and TV broadcasts. Bilingual\, he has performed his work with musicians\, visual artists and dancers at venues from the Fringe\, Kimmel\, World Café\, the top of the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Painted Bride to the Nuyorican Cafe and Bowery Poetry Club. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-from-the-moonstone-hosts/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Poetry And Humor
DESCRIPTION: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 Toni Morrison and poetry chapbooks\, A Neighborhood of Feeling\, Obsidian Blues\, and The Vernell Poems. \nJulia López is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who believes in the power of the arts and arts education to effect Social Change and Justice. Julia’s work is informed and propelled by Art Making. She has performed and exhibited her original works in diverse spaces throughout the United States\, Mexico\, Cuba\, Central America and Spain and is presently at Mural Arts Philadelphia. \nDon Riggs will have turned 67 by the time of this reading. He has taught English at Drexel University since fall 1997. He doesn’t mean to write funny poems\, but they turn out that way when he reads them\, so don’t feel bad about your reaction. \nAaren Yeatts Perry\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
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LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:John Wall Barger & Ernest Hilbert
DESCRIPTION: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 Canadian Poetry\, and was a finalist for Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest. \nErnest Hilbert is the author of Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan\, and Last One Out. His poem “Mars Ultor” appeared in Best American Poetry 2018. \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/john-wall-barger-ernest-hilbert/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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SUMMARY:PassThePen Fundraiser Deadline
DESCRIPTION:The Moonstone Arts Center is attempting to raise a $10\,000 scholarship fund. Aptly named “Pass The Pen\,” This scholarship fund aims to give two high-school junior/senior students to go to a writing workshop of their choice. This allows further encouragement of growth as both a writer and a person through gaining experience in writing and creating connections in places outside of their comfort zone. \nWe ask of those who are not eligible to apply for the scholarship to take this opportunity to donate to the fund—to Pass the Pen into the hands of eager\, young writers who wish to further their creative passions. The best way to make a difference is to get involved in your community—so join Moonstone in giving back to the future of Philadelphia’s poetry scene. \nIf you want to donate for Moonstone’s Pass The Pen Scholarship Fund\, click here.\nThose hoping to apply for this scholarship will be able to do so by following the instructions given soon after the fundraiser event ends.
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SUMMARY:OPEN READING OF New Voices 2: Philadelphia's Emerging Poets
DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nDoris 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 an active member of the Green Street Poetry Workshop. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKrisann\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/open-reading-of-new-voices-2-philadelphias-emerging-poets/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Displacement - Sham-e-Ali Nayeem\, Faleeha Hassan
DESCRIPTION:Sham-e-Ali Nayeem is an Indian American poet and artist of Hyderabadi descent. She is the author of City of Pearls and the recipient of the Loft Literary Center’s Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship. \n  \n  \n\n \nFaleeha Hassan is a poet\, teacher\, editor\, writer\, playwriter born in Najaf\, Iraq who has published 24 books. Her poems have been translated into English\, Turkmen\, Bosevih\, Indian\, French\, Italian\, German\, Kurdish\, Spain\, Korean\, Greek\, Serbia\, Albanian\, Pakistani\, Malayalam and ODIA language. \n  \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/displacement-sham-e-ali-nayeem-faleeha-hassan/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry From The Hosts of Other Series
DESCRIPTION:Leah Falk is the author of To Look After and Use. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review\, FIELD\, Best New Poets\, Poetry Daily\, Electric Literature\, and Los Angeles Review of Books\, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s received support for her writing from Sundress Academy for the Arts\, the Yiddish Book Center\, the Vermont Studio Center\, Asylum Arts\, and the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan. She lives in Philadelphia and directs programs at the Writers House at Rutgers University-Camden \n\n \nLeonard Gontarek coordinates Peace/Works\, Poetry In Common\, Philly Poetry Day\, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series\, is Poetry Consultant for Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review. \n  \n  \n\nJoanne Leva is an advocate for creative writing and community service\, founder and Executive Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program (MCPL)\, Executive Director of Caesura Poetry Festival & Retreat\, Host of First Thursday Poetry Reading Series at Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope. \n  \n  \n\n \nJim Mancinelli is the founder/moderator of the Moveable Beats Reading Series in Philadelphia.  He has published two chapbooks\, Primer\, and In Deep.  His most recent work is entitled The Bartimeus Poems for which he also did the drawings.  His poems have appeared in The Connecticut River Review\, Philadelphia Poets\, The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts\, Sea Change\, Mad Poets Review\, Fox Chase Review\, and issues of Poetry Ink\, an anthology of Philadelphia poets. He has been a featured reader on Live from Kelly Writer’s House.  He was a finalist in the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival\, judged by Mark Doty\, in 2011. \n  \n\nMichael Miller is a Chester\, PA native who served eight years in the Marine Corps and seven years in the Army. After a tour in Afghanistan he was honorably discharged and opened his own business in his hometown. A poet himself\, he wanted to focus on his diverse community and create change through the arts. Open Mike’s Internet Café showcased various art forms. Mike has performed around Philadelphia and new Jersey and at the Dodge Poetry Festival. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-from-the-hosts-of-other-series/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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