upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Cave Canem, EcoTheo Review, and LOGOS Poetry Collective are pleased to announce the launch of the Starshine and Clay Fellowship. [learn more]
Sunday, January 17, the African American Museum in Philadelphia convenes this special MLK Weekend reading and discussion featuring Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta Mayson in conversation with noted author and fiction writer Jonathan Escoffery. [learn more]
April 17th at 8:00 PM and April 18th at 2:30 PM, 8:00 PM. Tickets $25. [learn more]
Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street) will host City of Pearls Book Release with writer Sham-e-Ali Nayeem on April 23 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Special guest poets & artists to be announced. [learn more]
A short poem on queerness and parenting featured in the LGBTQ literary magazine in October. [learn more]
Trapeta Mayson (ACG '14, LTA '07) leads WRITE HOME Workshops, inspired by Al Bustan’s An Immigrant Alphabet installation, inviting teens and adults to read and write poems about migrations — new beginnings, transitional periods, immigration, family histories, displacement and citizenship. [learn more]
Warrior Writers celebrates its 10th Birthday from November 17-19 with a happy hour, poetry reading, and party at various Center City locations. [learn more]
On Wednesday, October 4 at 6:00 PM, join Institute of Contemporary Art for a poetry reading by Saretta Morgan and Camae Ayewa (LTA '15, ACG '07), organized by Amber Rose Johnson and Davy Knittle (ACG '17) and co-sponsored by the Poetry and Poetics Working Group, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania. The reading will be presented in the first-floor exhibition Speech/Acts. [learn more]
Yolanda Wisher (ACG '08) and Lillian Dunn (ACG '12) participate in Monument Lab. [learn more]
Cynthia Dewi Oka (ACG '16) will be leading Sanctuary: A Migrant Poetry Workshop, exploring questions of belonging, safety and identity for (im)migrants in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Those interested in participating must apply by February 3. [learn more]
On December 11 at 6:30pm, The Village of Arts & Humanities will host "Who We Are, Who We Could Be," a reading and conversation about who "we" are as a people, and how do "we" move forward collectively. [learn more]
Cynthia Dewi Oka and Lillian Dunn will perform at Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant on November 21 in a showcase put together by Painted Bride Quarterly. [learn more]
Trans Lit Salon performer Kokumo is interviewed by Lambda Literary on her new poetry collection, Reacquainted with Life. [learn more]
J.C. Todd will read at Christ Church Neighborhood Theatre on October 8. J.C. was a judge for the Brittany Noakes Poetry Award and will read along with the finalists she selected. [learn more]
Yolanda Wisher will perform with Marie Alarcón in I Wonder What Else Could Be Different Around Here at the Institute of Contemporary Art on September 17. DJ Cardigan, Leeway Foundation Program Director Sara Zia Ebrahimi, will spin a mix in response to the ICA's new exhibition, The Freedom Principle. [learn more]
Cyree Johnson, Lillian Dunn and Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela will perform at L’etage on August 4th. [learn more]
J. C. Todd (WOO ‘04, IA ’01) has been awarded the 2016 Rita Dove Poetry Prize of the International Literary Awards for “The Girl in the Square,” sponsored by The Center for Women Writers at Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC. [learn more]
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson (ACG '13), Joel Dias-Porter and Gina Myers will be the featured panelists in, Who Do You Love? Gil Scott-Heron, a live poetry talk show and cover open mic, held at PhillyCAM (699 Ranstead St) on April 5 at 6:30 pm. [learn more]
Sarah Mitteldorf (ACG ’15, ’12) and her ensemble Kaleid Theatre (as in kaleidoscope, as in collide) are collaborating with three other Philadelphia theatre ensembles to explore the concept of privilege through shared performance at (re)FOCUS Fest April 7-10 at The Rotunda. [learn more]
Phillycam is showing clips from the 2014 Trans Literary Salon on Saturdays in May and June at 6:30pm. [learn more]
M. Nazadi Keita (ACG '14, WOO '03), Monnette Sudler (ACG '14, LTA '11), Sonia Sanchez (LTA '05), Trapeta Mayson (ACG '14, LTA '07), Yolanda Wisher (ACG '08) are performing in Germantown's Historic Vernon Park on August 7. [learn more]
Felicia Webster (ACG '06) presents a TEDx talk on community, hip hop and beat-boxing at the University of Nebraska in March. [learn more]
Ruth Deming (EAA '99) performs her poetry and archives the video on Youtube. [learn more]
Andrea Walls (ACG '13) is releasing an interactive collection of poetry on her website The Black Body Curve on May 13 at 5:27pm to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the bombing of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. [learn more]
Cassendre Xavier (LTA '05) is hosting the Women's Writing and Spoken Word series on the second Thursday of every month at Big Blue Marble Bookstore. Michele Belluomini is featured April 9. [learn more]
Elliott batTzedek (ACG '12) is hosting a weekly series of craft talks and workshops for poets and poetry enthusiasts alike on Thursday nights from April 9 until May 14 at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore. $50 each or $200 for all six weeks. [learn more]