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  • A Tribute to Sonia Sanchez

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    Larry Robin

    Sonia Sanchez is a poet, activist, scholar; the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University; recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and Langston Hughes Poetry Award; one of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement; the author of sixteen books. We…

  • THE FUZE POETRY SLAM

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    Larry Robin

    Established in the Germantown neighborhood in 2008, the Fuze poetry slam is the longest running poetry slam in Philadelphia and currently the only venue participating as a part of NPS, the national poetry slam association of America. Over the course of the 10 years since, the Fuze served as host and home for a litany…

  • 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…

  • Hive Night: Open Mic, Featured Reading

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    Larry Robin

    Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 30, 2018 – 7pm Hive Night @ Fergie’s Pub HIVE NIGHT is Apiary Magazine’s showcase and open mic celebrating every stripe of literary artist the city has to offer. Come to hear voices from Philadelphia writing tribes old and new, spanning Apiary’s decade-long…

  • Featured Readers: Angel Hogan & David Kertis

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    Larry Robin

    Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 23, 2018 – 7pm Angel Hogan & David Kertis Angel Hogan has performed as part of the Black Women’s Arts Festival, Literary Death Match, Moonstone Presents, First Person Arts and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Angel worked with ArtWell, was a Contributing Editor to…

  • Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight

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    Larry Robin

    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…

  • Featured Readers: Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid

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    Larry Robin

    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…

  • Soldier Poets–W.D. Ehrhart, Bill Wunder, & Members of Warrior Writers

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    Larry Robin

    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…

  • 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…

  • Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Wednesday February 28th, 2018 – 7pm

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    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…