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Live Poetry Reading: James Feichthaler, M. Elizabeth Hershey, Jonathan Koven

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry Reading: James Feichthaler, M. Elizabeth Hershey, Jonathan Koven Wednesday April 20, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom, Registration Required for zoom – use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsdu6hpjkuHNGjHoEg5OmObWBGmSPWFSi0 James Feichthaler is a poet and essayist whose work has most recently appeared in One Art, Sortes, Schuylkill Valley […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Quincy Scott Jones, Marci Blackman, Sarah Gambito, D. Nurkse, Bushra Rehman, Yolanda Wisher

Virtual Poetry Reading: Quincy Scott Jones, Marci Blackman, Sarah Gambito, D. Nurkse, Bushra Rehman, Yolanda Wisher Thursday April 21, 2022 – 7pm – VIRTUAL Registration Required – use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlc-usqjwuGteb-36iCgphT76_l9ZkiKT9   Join us for a night celebrating poetry and Quincy Scott Jones’ new-ish book How to Kill Yourself Instead of Your Children, a meditation […]

Live Poetry Reading: Alicia Askenase, Julia Blumenreich

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry Reading: Alicia Askenase, Julia Blumenreich   Live at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOqpqT8oEt0RnjqPfwJgqoS46VZuKs6W Alicia Askenase is the author of The Luxury of Pathos (Texture Press) and Shirley Shirley (sonaweb) and a few chaplets. She was a co-founding editor of the literary journal 6ix, […]

Live Poetry Reading: Terence Culleton, Emiliano Martin, Anne-Adele Wight

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry Reading: Terence Culleton, Emiliano Martin, Anne-Adele Wight Wednesday May 11, 2022 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdO6tqD4qGNGb2JxU8ATv4mRIoTmU3fFu   Terence Culleton has published several collections of formally crafted narrative and lyric poems, including A Communion of Saints and Eternal Life. His […]

Live Poetry Reading: Nathalie Anderson & Herman Beavers

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live Poetry Reading: Nathalie Anderson & Herman Beavers Wednesday June 22, 2022 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdeuvpjIuG9I1jgckykQGy4BbPanE4irb   Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  She collaborated in 2021 […]

August 28th Poetry Reading with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Nora Hikari and Topaz Winters

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Moonstone Poetry Reading LIVE at Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Registration Required for zoom – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcO-rrTgrGN2rrMno2LEP59ULoh3-7_Bf Sunday August 28, 2022 – 7pm Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the author of the poetry books, My Rice Tastes Like the Lake, In the Absent Everyday, and Rules of the House (all from Apogee […]

Live Poetry: Mac Chandler, Mikey Franz, & Faith Paulsen

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Mac Chandler is a recent graduate of The University Of The Arts. She has been published in HASH magazine, Rappahannock Review, and High Shelf Press. Mikey Franz is a writer & composer from the Philadelphia area who uses his work to explore the relationship between music & language. His debut chapbook, Terrestrial Sanctuaries was published by Moonstone. Faith Paulsen’s work has appeared in venues including Philadelphia Stories, Apiary, Ghost City Press, One Art, Literary Mama and Mantis. She is the author of three chapbooks, including We Marry We Bury We Sing or We Weep with Moonstone Press.

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Virtual: Winners of 2022 Moonstone Chapbook Contest

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Winners of the 2022 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Sunday, August 27 @ 2pm Virtual on Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucumgqT4pGtIQzeCL8bdb_uJmWhjgKSwh Chad Frame (winning chapbook Smoking Shelter) is the author of Little Black Book (2022, nominated for the Lambda Literary Award, and a chapbook, Cryptid. He is Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program and Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, PA, the Poetry […]

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Live Poetry: Lauren Holguin, Gabriel Ramirez, & Nicole Steinberg

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Poetry with Lauren Holguin, Gabriel Ramirez, and Nicole Steinberg with an open reading. Lauren Holguin is a writer, educator & dancer, she teaches K-12 neurodivergent students and is the Co-creator of Spit Poetry reading series, assistant poetry editor at Barrelhouse Magazine. Gabriel Ramirez is a Queer Afro-Latinx writer, performer and educator. Gabriel has been featured in Huffington Post, VIBE Magazine, The Flama, Remezcla, and others. Nicole Steinberg is the author of Glass Actress, Getting Lucky, and multiple chapbooks. Her work has been featured or reviewed in the New York Times, Newsweek, Flavorwire, Bitch, and Hyperallergic. She was the 2021 Poet Laureate of Bucks County, PA.

Which Side Are You On? – Labor Day 2023 Anthology Reading

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Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction. Moonstone’s Labor Day Anthology for 2023 builds on this momentum with over 70 poets sharing their experiences, memories, and hopes for the labor movement. The accompanying anthology includes photos taken by Frank Espada and poetry written by his son, the author and people’s attorney, Martín Espada.