Wednesday July 5, 2023 – 7pm – LIVE
Live at Fergie’s Pub
1214 Sansom Street and on zoom
Terence Culleton is author of A Tree and Gone, A Communion of Saints and Eternal Life. He is a two-time Pushcart nominee, has had work featured on NPR, and he reads widely throughout the Philadelphia and New York areas. Sean Hanrahan is the author of the Safer Behind Popcorn, Hardened Eyes on the Scan and Gay Cake. His work has also been included in several anthologies, and hosted poetry events throughout Philadelphia. Emiliano Martín, Spanish born, is the founder and former director of “Northeast Philadelphia Poetry Forum”, former president of “Latin American Guild for the Arts,” past president of “Pennsylvania Poetry Society”, he has authored over a dozen titles of poetry, his new book is Selected Bilingual Poems.
Hosted by Larry Robin, Open Reading Follows
Tuesday July 11, 2023 – 6:30pm – VIRTUAL
Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM – Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series
Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia.
Sean Hanrahan is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author of the full-length collection Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt) and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan (2018 Moonstone) and Gay Cake (2020 Toho). His work has also been included in several anthologies, including Moonstone Featured Poets, Queer Around the World, and Stonewall’s Legacy, and several journals, including Impossible Archetype, Poetica Review, and Voicemail Poems. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days and Ekphrastic Poetry and hosted poetry events throughout Philadelphia.
Hosted by Charles S. Carr
Wednesday July 12, 2023 – 7:00pm – Presenting Ragged Sky Poets – LIVE
Live at Fergie’s Pub, and on zoom
1214 Sansom Street
Books that inspire and provoke. Authors with passion and ideas. Readers who enjoy literature straight from the heart.
Ragged Sky is more than a small press—it’s a forum for expression. Welcome to our community.
Presenting: Ellen Foos, Luray Gross, Carlos Hernández Peña, Bruce Lowry, Steve Nolan, Keith O’Shaughnessy, Arlene Weiner.
Wednesday July 19, 2023 – 7pm – LIVE
Live at Fergie’s Pub and on zoom
1214 Sansom Street
Dilruba Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels and Dhaka Dust (Her poems have appeared in New England Review, New York Times Magazine, Ploughshares, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Steven Kleinman is the author of Life Cycle of a Bear, his work can be found in New England Review, Gettysburg Review, the Iowa Review, Copper Nickel, and the American Poetry Review where he is a contributing. Ross White is the director of Bull City Press, , he is the author of Charm Offensive, How We Came Upon the Colony, The Polite Society, and Valley of Want. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, Tin House, and The Southern Review, among others. Sean Hanrahan Host, Open Reading
Sunday July 23, 2023 – 2pm Eastern – VIRTUAL
Celebrating the 240 birthday of Simon Bolivar (July 24, 1783) and Latin American Poetry
In Latin America, creating poetry is a common practice, one that is deeply rooted in people’s everyday lives. Cleaning ladies, priests, and academics all recite the same verses remembered from childhood. They all attend the same poetry readings, which are more popular than sports events, another unusual characteristic of Latin American poetry. Given the universality of poetry with in these societies, it is easy to understand how is it applied to all facets of life from political discussions and slogans to children’s lullabies and bedtime stories.
Simon Bolivar, the political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire, known colloquially as El Libertador and regarded as a national and cultural icon throughout Latin America; the nations of Bolivia and Venezuela (as the Boliviarian Republic of Venezuela) and their currencies are named after him. Join us as we celebrate the 240 birthday of Simon Bolivar (July 24, 1783) with that reflect the struggle for freedom. Written in many languages with English translations. See our website for details.
Wednesday July 26, 2023 – 7:00pm – LIVE
Live at Fergie’s Pub
1214 Sansom Street and on zoom
Debora Kuan is the author of XING, Lunch Portraits, and Women on the Moon. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The New Republic, Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Boston Review, The Baffler, Fence, The Iowa Review, ZYZZYVA, and other publications. Jeffrey McDaniel is the author of seven books, most recently Thin Ice Olympics. McDaniel’s poems have appeared in numerous places, including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The New York Times, and Best American.
Hosted by Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook, Open Reading Follows
Sunday July 30 – 2pm Eastern – VIRTUAL
Remembering Woody Guthrie
“Wherever little children are hungry and cry
Wherever people ain’t free
Wherever men are fightin’ for their rights
That’s where I’m a-gonna be, Ma
That’s where I’m a-gonna be”
Excerpt from Tom Joad by Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music whose work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired generations both politically and musically with songs such as “This Land Is Your Land”, written in response to the American exceptionalist song “God Bless America”. Woody’s empathy allowed him to insert himself into the stories of others, and he shared those narratives through music, prose, and artwork. Join us as poets continue this tradition.