Virtual Poetry Reading Remembering Léopold Sédar Senghor and the Négritude Movement Sunday October 10, 2021 – 2pm EST https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102 Léopold Sédar Senghor (10/9/1906 – 12/20/2001) and the Négritude Movement In May 1935, the word ‘Négritude’ appeared for the first time in the only issue of the […]
Virtual Poetry Reading Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners 2020 to 2015 Hosted by J. C. Todd, our 2021 judge Sunday October 17, 2021 – 2pm – Virtual https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956 Passcode: 704102 Kyle Laws won in 2020 for The Sea Is Woman, author of Uncorseted, Ride the Pink […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Poets Speak Back to Hunger Featuring readers from an e-Collection of Poems from Around the World Saturday October 23, 2021 – 2pm EST https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102 Join us as we mark the publication of a ground-breaking collection of poems that Speak Back to Hunger. Several […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Gregory Djanikian and Daniel Simpson Tuesday October 26, 2021 – 7pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 Gregory Djanikian is the author of seven collections of poetry, The Man in the Middle, Falling Deeply into America, About Distance, Years Later, So I Will Till the Ground, […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: David R. Slavitt and Julie Swarstad Johnson Sunday October 31, 2021 – 2pm EST https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102 David R. Slavitt’s new book is Opus Posthumous and Other Poems ($19.95, LSU Press, 978-0807175668). He is a poet, novelist, critic, and author of more than 130 works […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Hannah McDonald, Dave Worrell, Sekai’afua Zankel On zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 Hannah 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 […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Hope What do you hope for – Send us a poem! DEADLINE – December 31st, 2021 Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdO-rpjkoHN1QpCSC9zQU-VrVqTUCFuem In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods. … Nonetheless, Pandora opened the jar (in modern accounts often mistranslated as “Pandora’s box“) releasing all […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Mbarek Sryfi, Octavia McBride-Ahebee ON ZOOM Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uduqqqT4tGdxHPamACb5lmRvm5KxM3fY3 Jeffrey Ethan Lee’s first poetry book, invisible sister, was a finalist for the MMM Press Book Prize. His second book, identity papers, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. His novel, The Autobiography of Somebody […]
New Voices: Finn Holovacs, Nilah Swan, Evan Wang Registration Required, Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuGtpzIoG9dikX3bDiCslAgJT2w7eGZh New 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. […]
Virtual Poetry Reading: Celia Bland, Jonathan Blunk, Cindy Savett On Zoom – Registration Required – Registration Link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOquqjgrG9U9z0J2rR2q63R1SxozL8O3 Celia 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 […]
