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  • A Shadow on Our Hearts: Solider-Poetry, Morality, and the American War in Vietnam

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    Larry Robin

    The American War in Vietnam was one of the most morally contentious events of the twentieth century, and it produced an extraordinary outpouring of poetry. Yet the complex ethical terrain of the conflict is remarkably underexplored, and the prodigious poetic voice of its American participants remains largely unheard. In A Shadow on Our Hearts, Adam…

  • Philadelphia Says: Haiku

    Philadelphia Says: Haiku

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    Larry Robin

    Presented by the Moonstone Arts Center & The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday June 17, 2018 – 2pm Philadelphia Says Haiku Celebrating the release of Philadelphia Says Haiku, an Anthology of Haiku by Philadelphia Area Poets  ($10, The Moonstone Press) with a reading by contributors. Philadelphia is home to…

  • 22nd Annual Poetry Ink

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      Submissions for the 22nd annual edition of our Poetry Ink anthology open on March 1st, 2018 and run until April 8th. The book release and party will be held at 1199C Headquarters, located on the corner of Juniper and Locust Streets in Center City, Philadelphia. A $20 donation is required to be included in…

  • A Philadelphia Tribute to Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon

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    Celebrate the release of our chapbook that collects local poetry made in tribute to Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon! Contributors will read their selections from the chapbook, which will be available for sale to the public during the event. More details tba

  • Philly Loves Poetry: The Moonstone Chapbooks

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    The newest Moonstone poets sit down to read their poetry and discuss the context of their writings. This event is also broadcast LIVE on PhillyCAM (Comcast channel 66/966 and Verizon channel 29/30). More details tba.

  • Thom Nickels, Simone Zelitch & Jon McGoran

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    Thursday July 16, 2015 – 7pm  Moonstone @ Brandywine Workshop – 728 S. Broad Street New Fiction from Philadelphia  Thom Nickels is an author/poet/journalistwith eleven books, In his story Corydon 13, (Best Gay Romance 2015), we see what happens when a 19 year old Pennsylvania boy travels to the Boston-Cambridge area in 1969 during the Vietnam War to begin alternative…

  • Robert Zaller & Lili Bita

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    Thursday May14, 2015 – 7:00 Moonstone Poetry @ Brandywine, 728 S. Broad St A New Book From the Moonstone Press: Speaking to Power by Robert Zaller Robert Zaller is the author of Speaking to Power and five previous verse collections and chapbooks, he is Distinguished University Professor of History at Drexel University. Author, actress, and…

  • Monday at 7pm – An Evening with SONIA SANCHEZ

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    MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 7pm – POETRYMoonstone and Art Sanctuary Present:SONIA SANCHEZReading from her new book Morning Haiku ($19.95 Beacon Press) This new volume by the much-loved poet Sonia Sanchez, her first in over a decade, is music to the ears: a collection of haiku that celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of…

  • Tonight – Frederick E. LaCroix author of The Sky Rained Heroes

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    THURSDAY JULY 23, 7pm – NON-FICTIONFREDERICK LACROIXAuthor of The Sky Rained Heroes ($21.95 Synergy) “When I picked this up, I thought “oh, no, another war book.: but the cover and title were catching, so I took a gamble. Well worth the risk! Of course the book is ostensibly about two soldiers, an American fighter pilot…