Moonstone Presents:

Virtual Event: Telicia Darius & 王潇/Evan Wang

Virtual Poetry Event with New Voices Saturday January 21 @ 2PM — VIRTUAL Registration Required. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sd-igqjgqHNESm_1z3fGzzgKz5Y4BBrb3   Telicia Darius, 2022-2023 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate, is a senior at Hardy Williams Mastery Charter School in a dual enrollment program at Community College of Philadelphia. Telicia has participated in the Young Writer’s Workshop at Bard […]

Live Event: Alexa Smith & Joseph Earl Thomas

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

Live Poetry Event with Alexa Smith and Joseph Earl Thomas LIVE at Fergie’s Pub — 1214 Sansom St. Wednesday January 25 @ 7PM Event will also be streamed. Registration Required– Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcuqurjojHtLlYIEefDTD2M2u1XpBGvZS   Alexa Smith is a poet and essayist from Washington D.C. She lives in West Philadelphia, where she works in publishing and […]

Live Poetry: Jonathan Koven, Pat Rodgers, and Robert Zell

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

Jonathan Koven, author of Palm Lines, Below Torrential Hill (EE) a winner of the Electric Eclectic Novella Prize, and Mystic Orchards,  Grew up on Long Island, NY. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from American University, works as a technical writer, and reads chapbooks for Moonstone Arts. He lives in Philadelphia with […]

Live Poetry: W.D. Ehrhart and M.L. Liebler

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

Wednesday January 24, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street And on Zoom: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodOmrqz8sEtaWMbfHtRb-xMHXESjVcrpm W. D. Ehrhart, Poet, Writer, Scholar and Teacher began writing when he was 15 years old and has been writing more or less continuously ever since. His first published work, a poem about Swarthmore College, appeared seven years later […]

Live Poetry: Nathalie Anderson, Steve Burke, Cassie MacDonald

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

Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! Nathalie Anderson, author of Rough, Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and Held and Firmly Bound, collaborated in with artist Susan Hagen and poet Lisa Sewell on Birds of North America. Anderson’s poems have appeared in many journals, manages the list-serv Lit-Philly. Steve Burke […]

Poetry Reading: Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Finalists

The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Moonstone Arts Center and the Literature Department of The Free Liberty of Philadelphia Present: Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Finalists  The Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate Program is designed to award a young poet (14-18) the title of Youth Poet Laureate who is well versed in poetic expression, exemplifies a deep understanding of poetic language, […]

The Moonstone Hosts 2024 Read

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

The Moonstone Hosts 2024 Read: Live Poetry @ Fergies Pub And on Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlfuCurDksGdR2-uQW3lE4O8D8JI2H4c4P#/registration Moonstone presents about 100 poetry readings and publishes 35 books a year. We have numerous hosts representing various communities in a attempt to get you to listen to someone you never heard of. Nothing gives me more pleasure than […]

Live Poetry: Robert Coles, Alison Hicks, and Roland Leander Williams

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

Live Poetry: Robert Coles, Alison Hicks, and Roland Leander Williams Wednesday February 12, 2025 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street For Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4vYhPZXETFGJrideJAk8-Q#/registration Robert Coles has published over one hundred poems in various journals, anthologies, and magazines. Alison Hicks was finalist for the 2021 Beullah Rose prize from Smartis Pace, and […]

Live Broadcast: Nathalie Anderson

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Tuesday March 11th, 2025 at 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  […]

Live Broadcast: Grady Chambers

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Tuesday April 8, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Grady Chambers is the author of the novel Great Disasters and the poetry collection North American Stadiums, selected by Henri Cole as the […]