Moonstone Presents:

Virtual Poetry Reading: Dr. Neal Hall and Krisann Janowitz, with Aaren Perry

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Dr. Neal Hall is a medical-surgical eye physician, an internationally acclaimed poet, who has performed poetry readings throughout the United States and internationally. Dr. Hall is an award-winning author of Nigger For Life, Winter’s A’ Coming Still, Where Do I Sit, and Appalling Silence. The […]

Long Story Short Poetry Project (ekphrastic poems, in a way): Virtual Reading with Mr. Fish

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84270491773?pwd=WndjTUFKNTlYZm82SnJIY3ZDV2VzZz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 842 7049 1773, Passcode: 192743, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning. Classic works spectacularly distilled by Mr. Fish and a […]

Virtual Poetry Reading + Interview: Lynn Levin and Barbara Sabol, with Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Zoom Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Lynn Levin’s most recent poetry collection, The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky, 2020) is listed as one of Spring 2020’s best books by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Poet Ross Gay calls the book “a lovely honoring of the small, the minor sweetnesses that a life is made of.” Her previous collections include Miss Plastique, Fair […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Morri Creech, Joseph Harrison, & Dora Malech

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Morri Creech is the author of three collections of poetry, Paper Cathedrals,  Field Knowledge, which received the Anthony Hecht Poetry prize and was nominated for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Poet’s Prize, and The Sleep of Reason, a 2014 finalist for […]

Virtual Poetry in Collaboration with Serotonin: Fizza Abbas, Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, & Leah Holbrook Sackett, with Sean Lynch

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85662820989?pwd=VW1NMXZMcm0yMmIwQVh4VmI0WUVzUT09 Meeting ID: 856 6282 0989, Passcode: 613137 Fizza Abbas is a Freelance Content Writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is fond of poetry and music. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in quite a few journals including Poetry Village, The Daily Drunk, Indiana Voice Journal, London Grip and Poetry Pacific.   Jane-Rebecca […]

The Virus: Poets Respond

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83944818819?pwd=WlY2UkxGY0dyemNPSHgzczA1eXdWQT09 Meeting ID: 839 4481 8819, Passcode: 717435 Coronaviruses are a group of RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the common cold (which is also caused by other […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Chad Frame, Leah E. Jackson, Shosh Lovett-Graff, with Sean Hanrahan

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Chad Frame’s work appears in Rattle, Pedestal, Menacing Hedge, Mom Egg Review, Philadelphia Stories, Barrelhouse, and other journals. He is Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, the Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo: New Italian American Writing, and founder of the Caesura Poetry […]

Virtual Poetry Reading, with Serotonin: Fizza Abbas, Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, Leah Holbrook Sackett, with Sean Lynch

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85662820989?pwd=VW1NMXZMcm0yMmIwQVh4VmI0WUVzUT09 Meeting ID: 856 6282 0989, Passcode: 613137 Fizza Abbas is a Freelance Content Writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is fond of poetry and music. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in quite a few journals including Poetry Village, The Daily Drunk, Indiana Voice Journal, London Grip and Poetry Pacific.   Jane-Rebecca […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Ishmael Reed and Tennessee Reed, with Aaren Perry

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82437345103?pwd=TGZ2R3JJbGpqN1ozcGl3QU1HRjlkdz09 Meeting ID: 824 3734 5103, Passcode: 253385, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 Ishmael Reed is the award-winning author of over twenty-five books including Mumbo Jumbo, The Last Days of Louisiana Red, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down and Juice!. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: 24th Annual Poetry Ink, 100 Poets Reading

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83944818819?pwd=WlY2UkxGY0dyemNPSHgzczA1eXdWQT09 Meeting ID: 839 4481 8819, Passcode: 717435 Since 2006 Moonstone has had a party with 100 poets reading. This year is different. There will be no food, no gathering, no conversation. There will be a book and a virtual reading. Be part of our tradition of a marathon of poetry with both famous and […]