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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Siduri Beckman
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Siduri Beckman\nJoin us at Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia for an interview and reading by Siduri Beckman! \nSiduri Beckman is a lifelong Philadelphian. She served as the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia where she was mentored by Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez. She was published most recently in MSU Press’s 2019 collection\, Undocumented: Great Lakes Poet Laureates on Social Justice. Siduri is passionate about the intersection of poetry\, public education\, and civic engagement. Siduri graduated from Yale University in 2020. \n  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-phillycam-siduri-beckman/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Hannah McDonald\, Dave Worrell\, Sekai'afua Zankel
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Hannah McDonald\, Dave Worrell\, Sekai’afua Zankel\nOn zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 \n  \nHannah McDonald is a writer\, poet\, geek\, and generally funny queer woman. You may have caught her onstage at The Bechdel Test Fest\, the National Poetry Slam\, or any number of literary events in the Philly area. The strangest place she’s ever performed her work was a sex toy shop in Vineland\, NJ. Her past chapbooks are\, sadly\, out of print. Her writing has appeared in Apiary\, The Legendary\, and Dreamstreets. Hannah writes fan-fiction\, if you’re into that sort of thing\, and is currently dreaming of writing a novel. You might also find her singing karaoke\, eating popsicles\, baby-talking to her two guinea pigs\, or having adventures with friends like you. \n  \n  \nDave Worrell is the author of  We Who Were Bound and Close to Home featuring paintings by Catherine Kuzma. Dave’s poems have appeared in Slant\, Canary\, Heroin Chic\, Shot Glass Journal\, Referential Magazine\, Wild River Review\, and elsewhere. He has performed his music-backed poems at Chris’ Jazz Café in Philadelphia and The Cornelia Street Café in New York. \nHe began writing poetry toward the end of his 30-plus year law career\, has taught writing at area community colleges and business law to undergraduates at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. \n  \nSekai’afua Zankel\, actor\, writer\, and poet\, She is the author of Behind These Eyes/Optical Poems\, and a winner of the Leeway Foundation\, Art and Change Grant for her Poetry Play\, Miss Pearl’s Spirit: In the Mysteries of Mirrors. Her poems have been published In the CAP literary magazine\, “Poetry Ink”\, several Anthologies\, and in “Apiary”\, 7 Power Issue. Sekai lives in Philadelphia with her husband\, musician Bobby Zankel. \n  \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-hannah-mcdonald-dave-worrell-sekaiafua-zankel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Hope
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Hope\n  \nWhat do you hope for – Send us a poem! \nDEADLINE – December 31st\, 2021 \nRegistration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdO-rpjkoHN1QpCSC9zQU-VrVqTUCFuem \n \nIn Greek mythology\, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods. … Nonetheless\, Pandora\nopened the jar (in modern accounts often mistranslated as “Pandora’s box“) releasing all the evils that\nvisit humanity like pain and suffering\, leaving only hope (expectation) inside once she had closed it\nagain. \nAs a noun: Aspiration\, desire\, wish\, expectation\, ambition\, aim\, plan\, dream\, daydream\, pipe dream\,\nlonging\, yearning\, craving\, hankering – As a verb: Expect\, anticipate\, look for\, wait for\, be hopeful of\, pin\none’s hopes on\, want\, wish for\, dream of\, hope against hope for. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-hope/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220112T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Jeffrey Ethan Lee\, Mbarek Sryfi\, Octavia McBride-Ahebee
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Jeffrey Ethan Lee\, Mbarek Sryfi\, Octavia McBride-Ahebee\nON ZOOM \nRegistration Required – Registration Link\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 \n  \nJeffrey Ethan Lee‘s first poetry book\, invisible sister\, was a finalist for the\nMMM Press Book Prize. His second book\, identity papers\, was a finalist for\nthe Colorado Book Award. His novel\, The Autobiography of Somebody Else\,\nwas published by White Pine Press. He won the Sow’s Ear Poetry Press Prize\nand the Seven Kitchens Press prizes for poetry chapbooks\, and he has\npublished other poetry chapbooks with Ashland Poetry Press and Moonstone\nPress. Poems and prose have been published in APR\, North American Review\,\nXconnect\, etc. \n  \n  \nMbarek Sryfi\, poet and translator\, teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.\nHe is the author of The Trace of a Smile and City Poems\, co-authored\nPerspectives: Arabic Language and Culture in Film and co-translator of\nseveral books. His work has been widely published in many journals and\nanthologies including Al-Arabiyya\, Banipal\, CELAAN Review\,\nMetamorphoses\, Middle Eastern Literatures\, The Journal of North African\nStudies\, Translation Review\, and World Literature Today. \n  \n  \n  \nOctavia McBride-Ahebee‘s work presents human relationships within the\ncontext of global inequality. She is the author of Assuming Voices\, Where My\nBirthmark Dances and Praise Song for the Gravediggers. Her work has\nappeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Rigorous\, For\nHarriet\, Raising Lilly Ledbetter; Women Poets Occupy the Workplace\, Yellow\nMedicine\, Damazine; A Literary Journal of the Muslim World\, Fingernails\nAcross The Chalkboard: Poetry And Prose on HIV/AIDS From the Black\nDiaspora\, Under Our Skin: Literature of Breast Cancer and others.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-jeffrey-ethan-lee-mbarek-sryfi-octavia-mcbride-ahebee/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220115T140000
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Finn Holovacs\, Nilah Swan\, Evan Wang
DESCRIPTION:New Voices: Finn Holovacs\, Nilah Swan\, Evan Wang\nRegistration Required\, Registration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuGtpzIoG9dikX3bDiCslAgJT2w7eGZh \nNew Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for young poets by welcoming them into the larger poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience. \nFinn Holovacs is 20 year old from Sparta\, New Jersey. He is currently a Communications major with a focus in Journalism at Drexel University. He is an avid writer and has been creating poetry since he was young. Finn enjoys water skiing\, spending time with his Siberian Husky\, Juneau\, and reading/collecting comic books. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNilah Swan is a freshman at Temple University in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. She is studying Secondary English Education in hopes of being a high school English teacher. She loves dance\, tennis\, and poetry and is on the dance team at Temple. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nEvan Wang is a poet\, artist\, and musician who was raised on and by the internet. He’s always found a love for words and discovered his niche for poetry at age 12. His work has appeared in Teen Ink\, Youth Be Heard\, Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine\, Bleeding Soul Poetry\, among other publications. Evan attends Upper Merion High School and is a Topical Winner of JUST POETRY!!!’s National High School Poetry Contest and winner of Teen Ink’s weekly competition. He has performed at cultural events and readings around the Philadelphia area.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220119T210000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Five New Chapbooks from Moonstone Press
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Five New Chapbooks from Moonstone Press\nLive at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom Street) and on Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 \n  \nHal Freedman is the author of Poems of a Classical Musician ($10.00). His opinion is that the line between music and poetry is a thin one\, if such a line exists at all. He feels that both music and poetry are the expressions of an inner melody; one that speaks of the human story. Poet and Editor\, Rosemary Cappello. \n  \n  \n  \nIrving Courtley Jones\, aka Karamo Muchuri Sulieman\, is an African American poet and author of Sweet Mints ($10.00). He received Honorable Mention in the 1999 Mellon Poetry Contest\, for a 100+ page poem entitled Black Roses. He has also published in numerous magazines; journals and anthologies. \n  \n  \n  \nBohdan Pechenyak\, author of 9/11 ($10.00) is a bilingual Ukrainian-American author of poetry\, prose\, and translations. Born in Lviv\, Ukraine\, lives in Philadelphia\, PA\, USA. The two decades circumscribed by the subtitle – 2001- 2021 – were defined by multiple struggles: with identity\, with mental health difficulties\, with generational trauma. Life goes on\, and so do the struggles. Nothing is permanent except change. \n  \n  \nLouisa Schnaithmann\, author of Plague Love ($10.00)\, work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, Gargoyle\, Rogue Agent\, Wine Cellar Press\, and others. She is the consulting editor for ONE ART: a journal of poetry and lives in Philadelphia. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAlan Toltzis is the author of Mercy ($10.00) which follows the natural arc of the 13 attributes of mercy\, a biblical formula for compassion and forgiveness. Each poem explores one attribute of mercy—from the first\, being merciful before a person does anything wrong\, to the last\, washing away sins through pardon.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-reading-five-new-chapbooks-from-moonstone-press/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Celia Bland\, Jonathan Blunk\, Cindy Savett
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Celia Bland\, Jonathan Blunk\, Cindy Savett\nOn Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOquqjgrG9U9z0J2rR2q63R1SxozL8O3 \n  \nCelia Bland co-edited Jane Cooper: A Radiance of Attention with Martha Collins. Her third collection of poetry\, Cherokee Road Kill\, received the 2015 Raynes Prize\, Madonna Comix\, an image and poetry collaboration she created with artist Dianne Kornberg\, was exhibited at New York City’s Lesley Heller Gallery. In addition to her books of poetry\, she is the author of young adult biographies of the Native American leaders Pontiac\, Osceola\, and Peter MacDonald. She works at Bard College. \n  \nJonathan Blunk is a poet\, essayist\, and radio producer. Farrar\, Straus\, and Giroux published his authorized biography\, James Wright: A Life in Poetry\, in 2017\, a book The New York Times praised as “fine-grained literary biography at its finest.” Blunk also assisted with editing A Wild Perfection\, the selected letters of James Wright (FSG 2005). His most recent essays and reviews have appeared in The Georgia Review\, and poems in FIELD magazine. \n  \n  \nCindy Savett is the author of Child in the Road (Parlor Press)\, The Breath (BlazeVOX [books])\, and the chapbooks The Story of my Eyes\, Battle for the Metal Kiss\, Rachel: In the Temporary Mist of Prayer\, and Overtures of Survival (forthcoming). Her work is also found in the anthology Challenges for the Delusional. The sudden death of her youngest daughter generated a fierce reckoning in her poems – much of her writing since has focused on grief. She lives with her family on the outskirts of Philadelphia where she leads poetry workshops for psychiatric inpatients at several area hospitals.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-celia-bland-jonathan-blunk-cindy-savett/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220126T190000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: John Wall Barger and Vasiliki Katsarou
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading: John Wall Barger and Vasiliki Katsarou\nLive in Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom Street) and on Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqf-CrqDkvHtOlOphDch8WLjBafhP0Fgle \n  \nJohn Wall Barger is the author of four books of poetry: Pain-proof Men (2009); Hummingbird (2012)\, finalist for the Raymond Souster Award; The Book of Festus (2015)\, finalist for the J.M. Abraham Award; and The Mean Game (2019)\, finalist for The Phillip H. McMath Book Award. Resurrection Fail (Spuyten Duyvil Press\, 2021) is his fifth book. He is a contract editor for Frontenac House\, and teaches in the BFA Program for Creative Writing at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. (johnwallbarger.com) \n  \n  \n  \nVasiliki Katsarou grew up Greek American in Jack Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell\, Massachusetts. She is the author of a full-length poetry collection\, Memento Tsunami\, and a chapbook\, Three Sea Stones. She is also co-editor of two contemporary poetry anthologies: Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems and Dark as a Hazel Eye: Coffee & Chocolate Poems. Her poems have been published internationally\, including in Japan\, the U.K.\, Australia\, Denmark\, and in Greek translation. A Geraldine R. Dodge poet\, independent curator\, and sometime filmmaker\, she is a teaching artist at New Jersey’s Hunterdon Art Museum. Her poetry is part of the upcoming art exhibition Invisible at ArtYard\, the contemporary art center in Frenchtown\, New Jersey.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-reading-john-wall-barger-and-vasiliki-katsarou/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220129T020000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Serotonin
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Serotonin\nOn Zoom – Registration required – Zoom link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0odOygrD8uE9arkIR60UaKGgOipNOokTO_ \n  \nSerotonin is partnering with Moonstone Arts Center for a mental illness marathon poetry reading over Zoom. Neurodivergent readers from around the world will share their work on how they live with their mental illnesses. Readers include Sean Lynch\, Raye Hendrix\, Thomas Nuhfer\, Kika Man\, Cleo\, Lemmy Ya’akova\, Jerica Taylor\, Alexandra Weiss\, James Roach\, Erica Abbott\, Lexi Locket\, Lauren Theresa\, Claire Taylor\, Maddi Crease\, plus an open mic! \nSerotonin seeks to be a safe haven for neurodivergent writers and readers. We publish poetry and short poetic prose on mental illness\, neurodivergence\, and suicide prevention. Due to lack of mental healthcare and general ignorance or discrimination\, neurodivergent people are marginalized. We hope to help fight against that marginalization. Serotonin publishes literature by mentally ill people for mentally ill people. Our goal is to survive together.
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