Charles S. Carr is author of paradise, pennsylvania, and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. He has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub and […]
Herman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the U of P, where he teaches courses in African American literature and Creative Writing. He is the author of two scholarly monographs: Wrestling Angels into Song: The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James A. McPherson and Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of […]
John Wall Barger is the author of The Mean Game, The Book of Festus, Hummingbird and Pain-proof Men, Dying in Dharamsala, Samovar / Dukkha, and The Vnfortunate Report & Tragicall Tidings of Leslie Barger. Barger has been shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize twice, has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and Best of the Best […]
Leah Falk is the author of To Look After and Use. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, FIELD, Best New Poets, Poetry Daily, Electric Literature, and Los Angeles Review of Books, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s received support for her writing from […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for […]
Chidi E. O. Ezeobi, author of Remind the World, was born in Nigeria and migrated to the United States in 1996. Chidi Ezeobi was recently released after serving 11 years in prison. He resides in Newark New Jersey while working on his second book Sean Lynch, Host, Open Reading Follows
Blanche Brown operates a crisis hotline and collaborates with arts and community-based organizations. She is the 2019 winner of the Diagram/New Michigan Press chapbook contest. Her writing has appeared in West Branch, Scalawag, Indy Weekly, Welter, and elsewhere. Terra Oliveira is an after-school program facilitator at the Free Library, an organizer for the Party for Socialism and […]
Tickets to this event are SOLD OUT. Event Overview The African American Museum in Philadelphia, alongside the Moonstone Arts Center and the Scribe Video Center, is hosting a three-part event in tribute to the award-winning novelist and poet who brought forth the prominent issues on race and identity into the american literary mainstream. The event […]
Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM After Boston, Philly and its immediate suburbs have the largest concentration of Irish Americans. The Irish take great pride in their rich culture of literature and poetry—claiming some of the greatest poets and writers in the world […]
Adriann Bautista is author of “Ballad of a Beautiful Brown King”, “Sister Strength” and “Sanctuary of Snow” and is also in various anthologies. Jamarr Hall is an International Poetry Slam Champion of Brave New Voices and he is a singer, composer as well as an accomplished painter. Elijah B Pringle III is a Philadelphia based writer/director/actor/choreographer whose words […]
