Moonstone Presents:

Virtual Poetry Reading: Catherine Bancroft, David Kertis, with Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 Virtual Poetry Reading: Catherine Bancroft and David Kertis Catherine Bancroft writes poetry, makes art, and sometimes combines them.  She has read her poetry at Green Line Café, PAFA, Blue Marble Bookstore, Fergie’s Pub, and other local spots. Her visual art has appeared at Muse Gallery, 3rd […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: International Jazz Day: aTONEment – Jazz Inspired Fables from Improvising Lives with John Lavin and Elijah Pringle

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87964733385?pwd=Nk5LN2FMNjhUeE5uVnQ2VVdBMVZPQT09 Meeting ID: 879 6473 3385 – Passcode: 904825 Virtual Poetry Reading: International Jazz Day: aTONEment – Jazz Inspired Fables from Improvising Lives A cross-genre poetry series melding musicians who play the notes with poets who take note! This spotlight on Philly’s Art of Improvisation will witness Moonstone poet, Raheem Curry trading solos with singer […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: International Workers’ Day Anthology

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 Virtual Poetry Reading: International Workers’ Day Anthology May 1st is International Workers’ Day, a time of celebration and opposition throughout the world, except in the United States where it began. May Day commemorates the May 1st, 1886 nationwide protest for the eight-hour day and the following […]

Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM: Tom Garvey with Charles S. Carr

2021 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series: Charles S. Carr talks with Tom Garvey, Author of The Secret Apartment: Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir Watch the live broadcast at Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV: https://phillycam.org/watch Tom Garvey, an Airborne, Ranger and Special Forces qualified officer, served as an A-Team Leader […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Quintin Collins, Meg Kearney, Iain Haley Pollock, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 Virtual Poetry Reading: Quintin Collins, Meg Kearney, Iain Haley Pollock Quintin Collins (he/him) is a writer, editor, and Solstice MFA Program assistant director. His work appears in many print and online publications, and his first full-length collection of poems is The Dandelion Speaks of Survival (Cherry […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Regie Cabico, Israel Colon, Lucia Herrmann, with Sean Hanrahan

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 Virtual Poetry Reading: Regie Cabico, Israel Colon, Lucia Herrmann Regie Cabico is the first Asian American and queer poet to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. He has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx Talk and NPR’s Snap Judgement. He received a New York […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices – Emerging Poets, Siduri Beckman, Kelly Thompson, DuPree Walker, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 Virtual Poetry Reading: New Voices – Emerging Poets, Siduri Beckman, Kelly Thompson, and DuPree Walker New Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. Siduri Beckman is a lifelong Philadelphian. She served as the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia where […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners – Kyle Laws, Faith Paulsen, Paul Siegell

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 Virtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners First Prize: Kyle Laws – author of the sea is woman Kyle Laws is based out of Steel City Art Works in Pueblo, CO where she directs Line/Circle: Women Poets in Performance. She was born in Philadelphia and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Sonia Sanchez

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956 – Passcode: 704102 Virtual Poetry Reading: Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez, poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: The Poet’s Memoir – Elaine Terranova, Natasha Sajé, Spencer Reece, with Larry Robin

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84569818367?pwd=VzdNcGQ5Z1BpL3BVVWQ0UW5ZVWxEQT09 Meeting ID: 845 6981 8367 – Passcode: 472875 Virtual Poetry Reading: The Poet’s Memoir Elaine Terranova’s memoir The Diamond Cutter’s Daughter is due in May. Elaine grew up in a working-class neighborhood, worked as a factory worker, office temp, preschool teacher, and editor. She taught at Community College of Philadelphia, Temple University, University of […]