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SUMMARY:Whitman and Sexuality - 2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCam
DESCRIPTION:The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \nComcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. \n  \nDavid Acosta is the Artistic Director of Casa De Duende. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.  Among the most notable are Mayrena\, The Painted Bride Quarterly\, The Evergreen Chronicles\, and The Americas Review. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia based Latinx artist collective Desde Este Lado/From This Side and a founding member and one of the editors of its literary magazine. \n \nLynn Levin is a poet\, writer\, translator\, and teacher. She is the author of seven books\, including the poetry collection Miss Plastique and a translation from the Spanish\, Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales. Her newest book\, as co-author\, is Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets\, Second Edition. Lynn Levin teaches at Drexel University where she has taught classes on the poetry of Walt Whitman and co-coordinated Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200\, part of the regional series Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy. \nAndrew Nurkin is the Deputy Director for Enrichment and Civic Engagement at the Free Library of Philadelphia. From 2012 to 2017\, Andrew served as the Executive Director of Princeton AlumniCorps and was previously on the staff of the Pace Center for Civic Engagement at Princeton University. \n  \n  \n  \n-Charles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/whitman-and-sexuality-2019-philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-at-phillycam/
LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T190000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Sean Lynch\, Joseph Rathgeber\, Lamont B. Steptoe
DESCRIPTION:Sean 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. \n  \n  \nJoseph Rathgeber is an author and poet from New Jersey. He is author of Mixedbloods and The Abridged Autobiography of Yousef R. and Other Stories. \n  \n  \nLamont B. Steptoe is an award-winning poet\, a Vietnam veteran\, photographer and founder of Whirlwind Press.  He has published sixteen collections of poems and is winner of an American Book Award\, a Pew fellow in the Arts and two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts awards. \n  \n  \n  \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-sean-lynch-joseph-rathgeber-lamont-b-steptoe/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T140000
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SUMMARY:Remembering Walt Whitman
DESCRIPTION:Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago (May 31\, 1819)\, his life coincided with a time of great division in America—the Civil War. Whitman eulogized the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in “O Captain! My Captain!”\, a moment in history marked by hatred and bloodshed. His poem “The Wound Dresser” described the job of a first aid responder on the battlefield\, in which he mourns the loss of life that the division of the United States caused. \nJoin the contributors of Remembering Walt Whitman as they read their tributes to The Bard of Democracy
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-walt-whitman-2/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Michael R. Brown\, W. D. Ehrhart
DESCRIPTION:Michael R. Brown has five books of poetry and has performed poetry\, taught classes\, and lectured in various world venues from the Stockholm to South Korea. Instrumental in bringing the poetry slam to New England\, he created both the Cantab weekly series and the theatrical show Dr. Brown’s Traveling Poetry Circus. \n  \nW. D. Ehrhart is a veteran of both the American War in Vietnam and Vietnam Veterans Against the War\, a recipient of two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships\, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts\, an Excellence in the Arts Award from Vietnam Veterans of America\, and the President’s Medal from Veterans for Peace\, he will be reading from his newest book\, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems. This Book Will Be Available At The Event. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-michael-r-brown-w-d-ehrhart/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T183000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Julia Blumenreich\, Charles Carr
DESCRIPTION:Julia Blumenreich is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant for her poetry and was a finalist for the 2016 Brittany Noakes Poetry Award.  In 2012\, she collaborated with the visual artist\, Wendy Osterweil\, on ‘Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott’ a poetry/sculptural installation/print show at The Painted Bride Art Center. \n  \nCharles Carr was educated at LaSalle and Bryn Mawr College and has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. He has been active in raising funds for various missions and organizations serving the poorest of the poor In Haiti. In 2007 Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles has two published books of poetry: paradise\, pennsylvania and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-julia-blumenreich-charles-carr/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T140000
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SUMMARY:New Voices 2: Philadelphia's Emerging Poets
DESCRIPTION:Our second anthology of poets under 25 drawn from the readers at our monthly poetry reading and submissions to the book. Contributors will be reading their poems and the book will be for sale to the public. \nKrissan\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-2-philadelphias-emerging-poets/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia Says: On War and Peace
DESCRIPTION:This Anthology centers its focus on the aspects of War and Peace\, and how it has evolved alongside technology and ideology. Contributors will be reading their poems.The anthology will be for sale to the public.  \nIn Tandem With: \nWaging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War\n \nFeaturing: Kenneth Campbell\, Marine combat veteran; VVAW Activist\, Associate Professor Emeritus\, U of Delaware; Ron Carver and Barbara Doherty\, Co-editors\, Waging Peace in Vietnam; David Connolly\, Member\, Vietnam Veterans Against the War\, Poet\, Author of Lost in America; Judith Chomsky\, Co-Founder\, Philadelphia Resistance; International Human Rights Attorney; W. D.  Ehrhart\, Vietnam Veteran\, Poet Author\, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; Lamont B. Steptoe\, Vietnam Veteran; Poet; winner of an American Book Award and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Author of Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare \n \n\n“No one did more to bring an end to America’s cruel and unjust war in Vietnam than the patriotic GIs and veterans who turned against it. This extraordinary history of their struggle should inspire all of us who seek to end the ongoing and interrelated threats of war\, nuclear doomsday\, and environmental catastrophe.”  \n–Daniel Ellsberg\, The Pentagon Papers \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philadelphia-says-on-war-and-peace/
LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Memorial,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T190000
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Dewi Oka and Eleanor Wilner
DESCRIPTION:Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Salvage: Poems and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water. Her work has appeared in ESPNW\, Hyperallergic\, Guernica\, Scoundrel Time\, Academy of American Poets\, American Poetry Review\, Kenyon Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, and elsewhere.  \n\n\nEleanor Wilner will be reading from her new collection\, Before Our Eyes: New and Selected Poems. She received the 2019 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America; her poems appear in more than fifty anthologies. Books will be available for purchase.  \nLarry Robin\, host. Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/cynthia-dewi-oka-and-eleanor-wilner/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T160000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation Between Theodore Harris and Warren Longmire
DESCRIPTION:Theodore A. Harris is a collagist\, poet\, and has co-authored books with Amiri Baraka\, Our Flesh of Flames\, and Malcolm X as Ideology\, with Fred Moten\, i ran from it and was still in it and TRIPTYCH: Text by Amiri Baraka and Jack Hirschman. Our Flesh of Flames “Posed against an eerily iridescent orange sky\,” and Harris’ collaged landscapes are filled with urban dystopia. Upside down capitols\, distorted bank notes pose the reality of a society fettered by the cash nexus. Controversial critic and poet Amiri Baraka provides lyrical assault through his captions with his trademark humor and biting social commentary.  \n\n\nWarren C. Longmire is a Philly native\, expert level whistler\, pushcart nominee\, former poetry editor at Apiary Magazine. He’s been published in Painted Bride Quarterly\, Eleven Eleven and is author of Ripped Winters and Do.Until.True.  \n\nThis book will be available for purchase during the event.\nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/a-conversation-between-theodore-harris-and-warren-longmire/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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