Tag: poetry
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Which Side Are You On? – Labor Day 2023 Anthology Reading
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Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction. Moonstone’s Labor Day Anthology for 2023 builds on this momentum with over 70 poets sharing their experiences, memories, and hopes for the labor movement. The accompanying anthology includes photos taken by Frank Espada and poetry written by his son, the author and people’s attorney, Martín Espada.
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Live Poetry: Lauren Holguin, Gabriel Ramirez, & Nicole Steinberg
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Poetry with Lauren Holguin, Gabriel Ramirez, and Nicole Steinberg with an open reading. Lauren Holguin is a writer, educator & dancer, she teaches K-12 neurodivergent students and is the Co-creator of Spit Poetry reading series, assistant poetry editor at Barrelhouse Magazine. Gabriel Ramirez is a Queer Afro-Latinx writer, performer and educator. Gabriel has been featured…
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Virtual: Winners of 2022 Moonstone Chapbook Contest
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Winners of the 2022 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Sunday, August 27 @ 2pm Virtual on Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucumgqT4pGtIQzeCL8bdb_uJmWhjgKSwh Chad Frame (winning chapbook Smoking Shelter) is the author of Little Black Book (2022, nominated for the […]
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Live Poetry: Marion Deutsche Cohen, Paige Menton, & Aaron Poochigian
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Marion Deutsche Cohen is known for poetry and memoir on three topics: spousal chronic illness, late pregnancy loss, and math. She is the author of 33 books; her newest poetry collection is Disturbing Shapes. Paige Menton, author of Wrim and Twenty Miles to April lives outside of Philadelphia where she runs a land restoration organization…
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Remembering Charles Bukowski
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A reading from our Remembering anthology series. Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer whose work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. He wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and eventually publishing over sixty books. Join us as poets…
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Live Poetry: Mac Chandler, Mikey Franz, & Faith Paulsen
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Mac Chandler is a recent graduate of The University Of The Arts. She has been published in HASH magazine, Rappahannock Review, and High Shelf Press. Mikey Franz is a writer & composer from the Philadelphia area who uses his work to explore the relationship between music & language. His debut chapbook, Terrestrial Sanctuaries was published…
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Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
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Julia Kolchinsky Dashbach is the author of three poetry collections: 40 WEEKS, Don’t Touch the Bones, winner of the 2019 Idaho Poetry Prize, and The Many Names for Mother, winner the Wick Poetry Prize and finalist for the Jewish Book Award. She is currently working on a poetry collection as well as a book of…
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Winners of the 2022 Moonstone Chapbook Contest: Live Reading
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Moonstone celebrates the winners of our 2022 Chapbook Contest with a dedicated live reading. Chad Frame is the author of Little Black Book and Cryptid. He is Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program and Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, the Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo, and Founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival…
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Poetry From the Ukraine: Live Reading
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In collaboration with Ukrainian poets, we’re supporting the continued struggle in Ukraine with a special night of poetry featuring David Acosta, Sibelan Forrester, Sean Hanrahan, Olga Livshin, Lynn Levin, and Warren C. Longmire. Poets will read from the featured books (Today is a Different War by Lyu dmyla Khersonska, In the Hour of War edited…
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Remembering Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie was one of the most significant figures in American folk music whose work focused on themes of socialism and anti-fascism. Join us as poets continue this tradition.