Moonstone Presents:

Virtual Poetry Reading: Protest 2021 Anthology with 100 Thousand Poets for Change

Virtual Poetry Reading: Protest 2021 Anthology with 100 Thousand Poets for Change https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82855093815?pwd=Ryt0RzBqMmoyYWxJU3Q1YmJ2dnZmdz09 Meeting ID: 828 5509 3815 – Passcode: 838862 Moonstone Arts Center celebrates 11 years of 100 Thousand Poets for Change with readings from our new anthology Protest 2021   100 Thousand Poets for Change (100 TPC) has organized over 5000 poetry, art and […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: J. C. Todd and Beyond Repair

Virtual Poetry Reading: J. C. Todd and Beyond Repair   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 Meeting ID: 845 3206 9956, Passcode: 704102   J. C. Todd’s Beyond Repair bears vivid witness to the struggles for healing, both small- and large-scale, in global hotspots of conflict. With precisely crafted poems, imbued with empathy and grace, Todd examines those who must […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Birds of North America with Susan Hagen, Nathalie Anderson, and Lisa Sewell

Birds of North America: Drawing and Poetry with Susan Hagen, Nathalie Anderson, and Lisa Sewell   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81617063546?pwd=cE9BYkh5SUNqYTNGWi9LYTFENklYUT09 Meeting ID: 816 1706 3546 – Passcode: 524838   Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound.  Her poems have appeared in such journals as Atlanta Review, DoubleTake, […]

Virtual Poetry Reading: Remembering Léopold Sédar Senghor and the Négritude Movement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]