Tag: moonstone poetry series
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Remembering Lili Bita
Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday May 20, 2018, 2pm Remembering Lili Bita Lili Bita, of Bala Cynwyd, author, actress, and pianist, died February 12, 2018. An artist of international acclaim and a figure in Philadelphia cultural life for more than thirty years. Born Angeliki Euterpe Bita in Zakynthos, Greece…
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Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight
Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 16, 2018 – 7pm Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name, Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for…
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Featured Readers: Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid
Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 9, 2018 – 7pm Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid Julia Blumenreich is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant for her poetry. She is a founding member of 6ix: a literary journal devoted to cutting edge work, edited by six Philadelphia area women. She…
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Soldier Poets–W.D. Ehrhart, Bill Wunder, & Members of Warrior Writers
South Philadelphia Free Library 1700 S. Broad Street (Morris Street) Sunday May 13, 2018 – 2pm W.D. Ehrhart, Bill Wunder, & Members of Warrior Writers W. D. Ehrhart joined the US Marines in 1966 at the age of 17, serving three years including 13 months in Vietnam. He was wounded in combat, and earned the…
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Readings by Xander Fraum, Marryann Helferty, John Oliver Mason, and Joe Roarty
Xander Fraum is a new poet to Philadelphia’s circles. Maryann Helferty explores the natural world and reports out her findings in poems and photography. John Oliver Mason has written for newspapers, magazines, and blogs about community and national issues for over 25 years. Joe Roarty, author of Moritat (2015 Moonstone Chapbook winner) is poetry of…
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Readings by Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell, and Anne-Adele Wight
Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for publishers. In recent years, their collective has been writing serial poems, interconnected, but in no particular order, or rather—ordered to the mood of the occasion—as…
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Readings by Autumn Konopka and Lorraine Henrie Lins
Autumn Konopka, born and raised in the Philadelphia area, has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University and a B.A. in English writing and communications from the University of Pittsburgh. Autumn has published work in several journals, and she is deeply interested in the relationship between the arts and socioeconomic class. Autumn has hosted…
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street
#MeToo spread virally in October 2017 and has been used on social media to help demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment. Social activist and community organizer Tarana Burke created the phrase “Me Too” on Myspace in 2006 as part of a grassroots campaign to promote “empowerment through empathy” among women of color who…
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22nd Annual Poetry Ink
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…
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Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Wednesday February 28th, 2018 – 7pm
Ahmad Almallah grew up in Bethlehem, Palestine and moved to the U.S. when he was 18 years old. He is a poet, scholar, and translator of Arabic literature. His set of poems “Recourse,” won the 2017 Blanche Colton Williams Fellowship. His poems have appeared in Jacket 2, Track//Four, All Roads Will Lead You Home, Apiary…