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 continue his tradition.

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 and cares for the land of a Quaker meeting. She is a poet, gardener, and teacher of writing and environmental education. Aaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, including the thrillers-in-verse, Mr. Either/Or. His work has appeared in such publications as Best American Poetry, The Paris Review and POETRY.

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 Lambda Literary Award, and a chapbook, Cryptid. He is Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program and Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, PA, the Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo, a founding member of the No River Twice poetry/improv performance troupe, and Founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival and Retreat. His work appears…