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Wednesday May 22, 2013, 7pm Poets & Prophets Alumni Night With Peggy Carrigan, Scott Norman, Elijah Pringle & Bob Small Peggy Carrigan, Philadelphia area poet, has been writing and performing since 1981. In 1985 she released the chapbook Beat Girls at the Funk-O-Mart. She will be reading poetry about House-wifing It, the lunacy and luxury …
Tuesday December 18, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Bob Small Bob Small has presented Feature Readings at numerous locations including: Bacchanal, The Clark Park Festivals, Highwire Gallery, The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus Gallery, The Philadelphia Ethical Society, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Robin’s Bookstore, The University of Pennsylvania; and has read at many …
Tuesday November 20, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Shayna Israel Shayna Israel founded the feminist rap collective 3XLADYCREW with Bryn Mawr students Menda Franchise François and Nikki López. Active as both an artist and a social activist, she played a major role in reviving a dormant Bryn Mawr Women’s Center, served as editor-in-chief …
Tuesday, October 16, 7pm Poets & Prophets Present Jim Cory Born 1953 in Oklahoma, grew up in NYC suburb (of Connecticut) and a few years in the Midwest. My father sold carpet and made a science of non-communication. Seven brothers and sisters, most of them difficult. Learned about modernist poetry and how to read same …
Tuesday, September 4, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Lili Bita Internationally-renowned author and actress Lili Bita will read from her new memoir of her late son Philip, The Storm Rider. Lili Bita is the author of some twenty books of verse, fiction, memoir, and translation, and has performed on stage on three continents. Author, actress, …
Tuesday, June 19, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Debrah Morkun “I believe in near death experiences and pray to the old gods. I live in Philadelphia, where I curate The Jubilant Thicket Literary Series & co-curate (with Kim Gek Lin Short) The General Idea Series. I am the author of The Ida Pingala …
Tuesday, May 15, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Charlie O’Hay Charles O’Hay is the recipient of a 1995 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in poetry. His poems have appeared in over 100 literary publications, including The New York Quarterly, Gargoyle, Brooklyn Review, and South Carolina Review. His first full-length collection of poems …
Tuesday, March 20, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents Michelle Taransky Michelle Taransky is the author of Barn Burned, Then, selected by Marjorie Welish for the 2008 Omnidawn Poetry Prize. Taransky teaches critical and creative writing at University of Pennsylvania and poetry workshops at Temple University and works as assistant to the director at …
Tuesday February 21, 7pm Poets & Prophets Presents Kimmika L. H, Williams-Witherspoon Professor, Poet, Playwright, Lecturer, Director, and performance Artist. She holds a Ph.D (Anthropology); MA (Anthropology); MFA (Theater); Graduate Certificate (Women’s Studies); B.A. (Journalism); Kimmika is a two-time recipient of the Future Faculty Fellowship, at Temple University; and is currently an Assistant Professor of …
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Tuesday, December 20, 7pm – Poetry Poets & Prophets Presents the Pre-Solstice Open Reading