04/19/2026
Another week, another night of live poetry with Moonstone! Hope to see you there with our featured readers.
Grace Bauer has published six books of poems—most recently Unholy Heart: New and Selected Poems. She also co-edited the anthology Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse. Her full-length collections of poetry include The Women at The Well, Beholding Eye, and Retreats and Recognitions. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies and journals including Arts & Letters, the Colorado Review, Poetry, Rattle, and the Southern Poetry Review. Her awards include an Academy of American Poets Prize, Individual Artist’s Grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Nebraska Arts Council, and fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center.
Sean Hanrahan is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author of Headless, the full-length collections Safer Behind Popcorn and Ghost Signs, and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan and Gay Cake. His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days, Ekphrastic Poetry, Poetry Embodied and has hosted and read at poetry events throughout Philadelphia. He can be found on Instagram as gaycakepoet.
Gina Myers is the author of the full-length collections A Model Year and Hold It Down, as well as several chapbooks including Philadelphia. Her essays and reviews have appeared in Hyperallergic, Fanzine, Frontier Psychiatrist, Coldfront Magazine, The Rumpus, and other places. From 2005 to 2016 she edited Lame House Press, which published handmade chapbooks by emerging and established poets. She currently coedits the tiny with Gabriella Torres. Originally from Saginaw, Michigan, Myers lives in Philadelphia where she runs the Accidental Player reading series.
