Tag: event
-

Moonstone Poetry @PhillyCAM: Research and Poetic Practice with Jena Osman, Orchid Tierney, and Host Charles S. Carr
Moonstone Poetry @PhillyCAM: Research and Poetic Practice with Jena Osman, Orchid Tierney, and Host Charles S. Carr Watch the live broadcast: Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV: https://phillycam.org/watch [su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”2″] Documents in the Archive: Research and Poetic Practice How and why do poets conduct research? In what…
-

Virtual Poetry Reading: Samuel R. Delaney Reads Occasional Views Volume 1: “More About Writing” and Other Essays
Virtual Poetry Reading: Samuel R. Delaney Reads Occasional Views Volume 1: “More About Writing” and Other Essays https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 [su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”2″] Samuel R. Delany Samuel R. Delany is an acclaimed writer of literary theory, queer literature, and fiction. His “prismatic output is among the most significant,…
-

M. Nzadi Keita, JC Todd, Alina Macneal, Jennifer Hook
Zoom Meeting ID: 849 0497 4839, Passcode: 570429, Phone: +1 646-876-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84904974839?pwd=U0lZb3JuOFlvRlUya1VjSlRTblBWdz09 Nzadi Keita, a Philly-born writer, editor, and scholar, is a 2017 Pew Fellow for the Arts in Poetry. Her book of persona poems, BRIEF EVIDENCE OF HEAVEN, gives voice to abolitionist Anna Murray Douglass, first wife of Frederick Douglass. Cited by Yale historian…
-

PhillyCAM: Trapeta B. Mayson
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia Please join us as 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson discusses the role of the Laureate in promoting the love of poetry in the City and communities. Trapeta B. Mayson is the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate.…
-

BLACK LIVES MATTER: Virtual Poetry Reading
Zoom Meeting ID: 821 6127 0135 – Zoom Passcode: 960363 – Phone: 1-646-9923 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82161270135?pwd=aDVLWlcxWmFsMTNwNjR1L3lEZXV1QT09 Sandra Turner-Barnes is an author, poet, and jazz lover and vocalist. Her first book of poetry Always A Lady has sold over 7,000 copies. In 1996, Sandra won the EBONY MAGAZINE Literary Competition for Short Fiction, and in 1997, Sandra re-created…
-

James Arthur, George David Clark, Trapeta B. Mayson
James Arthur, a Canadian-American poet, is the author of The Suicide’s Son and Charms Against Lightning. Arthur lives in Baltimore, where he teaches in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. George David Clark’s Reveille received the 2015 Miller Williams Prize, he teaches creative writing at Washington & Jefferson College and lives in western Pennsylvania. Trapeta…
-

2019 Featured Poets Anthology Reading
Moonstone Arts Center presented 85 poetry readings in 2019, including featured poets and large events with many presenting poets. All told over 500 poets read at Moonstone events, over 150 being featured. 82 poets responded to our call for the 2019 featured Poets Anthology and about 30 are expected to read at this event. Please…
-

Adriann Bautista, Jamarr Hall, Elijah B. Pringle III
Adriann Bautista is author of “Ballad of a Beautiful Brown King”, “Sister Strength” and “Sanctuary of Snow” and is also in various anthologies. Jamarr Hall is an International Poetry Slam Champion of Brave New Voices and he is a singer, composer as well as an accomplished painter. Elijah B Pringle III is a Philadelphia based writer/director/actor/choreographer whose words…

