Moonstone Arts Center, the publisher of my chapbooks of translations, hosts readings nearly every Wednesday upstairs at Fergie’s Pub in Center City Philadelphia. (up a long, steep flight of steps, so be forewarned). I’ll reading from the collection with two other poets that night; the readings are always followed by an open mic.

You can tune in over Zoom – click here at the start time.

Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Elliott batTzedek is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet/translator. Her work appears in: American Poetry Review, Massachusetts Review, Lilith, The Broadkill Review, Hole in the Head Review, Naugatuck River Review, and Hunger Mountain Review. Her chapbook the enkindled coal of my tongue was published in 2017 by Wicked Banshee Press. A chapbook of translations from the Israeli lesbian poet Shez, A Necklace of White Pearls, was published by Moonstone in July 2024.

Steve Burke has read at many venues in the Philly area; has two chapbooks published by Moonstone Press, with a third forthcoming shortly. He worked as an obstetrical nurse for 25 years; lives with wife Giselle in the Mount Airy section of the city.

Mabel Lee is a poet and educator from Philadelphia, where she participates in various literary groups and teaches middle school students. Most recently she has facilitated poetry workshops centering around the preservation of beloved neighborhoods and resistance against big development. She believes in the transformative and connective power of poetry within and across communities and language as a bridge towards knowing and helping others.