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SUMMARY:Virtual: Recent Chapbooks from Moonstone Press
DESCRIPTION:Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press Readings\nSunday\, October 4th @ 2pm ET\nOn Zoom\, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mF-K3tiiTjWbtTv3iDZKhw\nFrank’s new book is Googlet\, $11.00 \nFrank Beltrano is a poet living in Lévis\, Quebec\, Canada. He is a member of the American poetry workshopping group DVP/US1 and founder of the group\, Strong Threads\, based in Quebec. He has published poems in Geist\, Carousel\, Beliveau Review\, Solicitations: Poetry in Quebec\, in Canada\, Fledgling Rag\, US1 Worksheets\, in various anthologies \n  \nAnne’s new book is Now that mother is dead\, All quilts unravel in the end\, $11.00  \nAnne M. Greenhalgh earned her dotorate in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania\, where she studied with Daniel Hoffman and wrote her dissertationon on the “primary vocabulary” of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry. She is a long-time member of the faculty and staff at The Wharton School. This debut chapbook features a double crown of sonnets – two \ninterwoven sequences that explore themes of time\, memory\, and loss. rs. \n  \nLisa’s new book is Conversations with the Living Conversations with the Dead\, $11.00    \nLisa Naomi Konigsberg is a Progessor of Rehtoric and Composition at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She wrote her first poem at the age of seven: “Love is a piece of pie that has been bitten into”. Her chapbooks include: Invisible Histories\, and The Golden Mean\, Moonstone Chapbook winner\, 2019. Her poems work to take the reader into the intersection of the personal experienceand historical events. \nLior’s new book is This Green\, $11.00   \nLior D. Maayan is a poet\, translator\, and technology executive who studied physics\, mathematics\, and philosophy. He was a member of the first Helicon Arabic-Herbrew group and the Poetry Place translation team\, and a 2023-24 ALMA-Metanel Fellow. He is the Weizmann Institute Poetry Laureate and winner of the Clil EcoPoetics Prize. His work has appeared in Granta\, Asymptote\, Paper Brigade Daily\, Ilanot\, ARC\, Haaretz\, Yediot\, Kul AlArab\, and Ho! His debut Hebrew collection\, That Green\, was shortlisted by Haaretz. This Green is his first English-language chapbook\, \nKarol’s new book is The Airplane Game\, $11.00  \nKarol Olesiak is a queer disabled poet\, writer\, and activist. Karol’s work was born out of the refugee experience climaxes in the carnivalesque afterglow of transcendent phenomenon. Prescriptive for the trauma straddling the intersection between crip theory and social justice. Karol is one of the founders of soldiersforthecause.org\, an affinity group for Occupy Wall Street and antiwar blog. Karol’s poetic career started in Harrisburg\, PA at the Heavy Word Poetry Slam in 2000. Karol headlined the Bowery Poetry Club\, and his poetic work is featured in Rogue Agent Journal\, Neologism Poetry\, MAI Feminism\, Proud to Be\, Zoetic\, Lone Mountain Literacy\, Sugar House\, Fifth Wheel Press\, and Pictura Journal.
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CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Serotonin Press
DESCRIPTION:Serotonin Press Reading\nWednesday October 7\, 2026 – 7pm\nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nSerotonin Press\, a Philadelphia based publisher\, focusing on mental illness and suicide prevention. Established as an online poetry journal\, Serotonin has published hundreds of writers from dozens of countries\, and an anthology of 115 writers organized into chapters on Depression\, Anxiety\, ADHD\, OCD\, Schizophrenia\, Bipolar Disorder\, Trauma\, Eating Disorders\, and Self-Harm\, as well as a novel and three poetry collections with more books to come. Serotonin is run by its founding editor Sean W. Lynch with support from California-based forensic psychiatrist Kavita Khajuria and help from volunteer readers. Visit: www.serotoninpress.com \n \nHoliday Noel Campanella is a multi-disciplinary creative from South Philadelphia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Philadelphia Stories\, ONE ART\, SWWIM Every Day\, San Pedro River Review\, and elsewhere. Her visual art’s been exhibited at The Smithsonian Museum\, sold nationally at Anthropologie\, and collected in public and private collections\, including Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections. She has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. \n  \n \nKrystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who spawned from the depths of the Delaware River.  A writer\, film maker\, artist and collector of skills and trinkets mostly left on the curbs of South Philadelphia. She spends her creative time trying to spin brain bees and nightmares into something shiny. Krystle teaches a monthly poetry workshop at Philly Typewriter\, is a masthead on a couple of publications such as Meow Meow Pow Pow\, and self publishes a zine called LeGrif & The Exploits. \n  \n \nJames Roach (they/he) is a queer\, trans\, sober poet who suffers and revels from the embarrassing and magical ordeal of falling in love. They write at night because that’s the safest time for vulnerable thoughts. He currently lives in the moment but often relocates to the past because sometimes\, that’s the only place the sun rises. \n  \n  \n \nAutumn H. Thomas is an emerging writer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. After graduating with a bachelor’s in English Literature from Hollins University\, they spent a year in Arizona working as a professional cowgirl. Since then\, they enrolled in Temple University and are an MFA candidate in ’27 and a teaching assistant. Autumn now lives in Philadelphia\, practicing the art of noticing. Their debut chapbook “Letters to False Gods” was published in Spring of 2026 under Plan B Press. Their single poems have been published in Skipjack Review\, Cleaver Magazine\, Belt Review\, and others. \n \nLauren T. Yates is a Philadelphia-based poet\, burlesque artist\, and comedian. Known for her biting wit and obsession with pop culture\, Lauren tells stories from her vantage point as a queer\, Black\, neurodivergent woman. A veteran of the slam scene\, Lauren has represented Philly at the National Poetry Slam (NPS) and the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS). Her poetry has appeared in APIARY\, Bettering American Poetry\, and more. \nSean W. Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-serotonin-press/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black Poetry Day Reading - Saturday October 17\, 2026\, LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Black Poetry Day Reading\nBe part of Black Poetry Day\nIf you are black\, bring your poem.\nIf you are not\, bring a poem celebrating your favorite black poet. \nThere will be an open reading between three featured poets. \nMoonstone’s Black Poets Day Reading is part of Night of the Living Poets Program\, an All-Styles Philly Poetry Festival celebrating the rich span of the local poetic community. Events from organizations including Ghost Harmonics\, Excalibur Poetry\, Bring a Blanket\, and DJ sets by Khaleel Mason and DJ Almagato. $15 Suggested Donation. NOTAFLOF  – Costumes are encouraged.  Register here or follow @housepoetphilly on instagram for more. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/black-poetry-day-reading-saturday-october-17-2026-live/
LOCATION:Perch Music & Arts Workshop\, 2321 Emerald Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Wednesday October 28\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 28\, 2026 – LIVE\nFergies\, 1214 Sansom Street – 7:00 PM\n  \nOna Gritz’s poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Catamaran Literary Reader\, One Art\, and many other journals and anthologies. Her memoir\, Everywhere I Look\, received the Clara Johnson Award\, the Readers’ Choice Gold Award\, Pencraft’s Best Book Award\, and was named StoryTrade’s Nonfiction Book of 2024. \nDaniel Simpson’s most recent book\, Inside the Invisible\, won the inaugural Propel Poetry Prize and was nominated for the American Academy of Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. He is author of several other books and has been anthologized. \nLaura Spagnoli is the author of the chapbook My Dazzledent Days\, and her poems have appeared in Bedfellows\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, Apiary\, Philadelphia Stories\, The Literary Review\, Trinity Review\, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Philadelphia and teaches French. \nAnne-Adele Wight Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-wednesday-october-28-2026/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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