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December 2017
Femme-tastic x-mas poetry
Come celebrate the holidays by unwrapping & unravelling with local poets Alina Pleskova, Stephanie Kaylor, Raquel Salas Rivera, Raena Shirali & Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela.
There will be booze; there will be vibes; there will likely be a lot of hugging. Plus, the poets will have books for sale. Let’s get festive!!
FREE FUN!
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Find out more »An evening of local poetry with John O. Mason
John O. Mason presents an evening of literature with local Philly poets Frank Sherlock and Irving Jones.
Frank Sherlock is the author of Life Is to Blame for Everything, Space Between These Lines Not Dedicated, Over Here, The City Real & Imagined (w/ CAConrad) and a collaboration with Brett Evans entitled Ready-to-Eat Individual. Poems beyond the page have found their forms in installations/performances/exhibitions, including Organize Your Own: The Politics & Poetics of Self-Determination. He is a 2013 Pew Fellow and 2014-15 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia.
John O. Mason will have copies of his anthology, All Of The Above, along with two other poetry volumes.
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
January 2018
Tire Fire Presents: Abdurraqib, Sutherland, Grodstein, & Reiss
We made it through 2017! Start 2018 on a high note with readings from Hanif Abdurraqib, Kirwyn Sutherland, Lauren Grodstein & Jon Reiss. at January’s Tire Fire!
All donations collected will go to Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, who posts bail for residents of Philadelphia who cannot afford to pay bail. They work to bring to light the inequities of the use of cash bail in Philadelphia while advocating for the abolition of bail & pretrial detention in our city.
Doors at 7, readings start around 8.
FREE Admission!
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
February 2018
Deep Camouflage: book release party
Doors at 7:30, readings at 8.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Accidental Player: Karl, Shirali, Gordon & Perez
Accidental Player returns with an all-new lineup of local poets & authors! This month features Steven Karl, Raena Shirali, Boston Gordon, and Steven Perez.
Doors at 7pm and reading at 8pm
FREE Admission!
$2 Pabst Blue Ribbon 16oz. pounders starting at 7pm
1/2 price tater tots starting at 7pm
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Find out more »March 2018
You Can’t Kill A Poet: July Westhale
You Can’t Kill A Poet presents July Westhale who is coming to Philadelphia to share work from her new book Trailer Trash, winner of the 2016 Kore Press Book Award!
Also featuring local poets Alina Pleskova, Zach Blackwood, Raquel Salas Rivera & Boston Gordon.
Come out to welcome July & celebrate the badass work of queer and trans poets. FREE admission! Readings start at 7:30.
$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos…until we run out!
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Tire Fire Presents: Gerard, Saul-Zerby, Crawford, & Trivedi
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH…Tire Fire is back with live readings from Sarah Gerard, Amy Saul-Zerby, Ian Carlos Crawford, and Amish Trivedi!
Donations will be collected for Prevention Point Philadelphia, an organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, and will be matched by TMoms!
Doors at 7, readings start around 8.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Find out more »Cheap Yellow Book Release Party & Poetry Reading
NOTE: Due to winter storm weather the readers will not be able to make to Philadelphia. This event is POSTPONED and will be rescheduled for May. Watch this space for a new date!
Come out and support our talented Philadelphia poets for an evening of live readings & poetry, and celebrate as Shy Watson releases their new poetry collection, Cheap Yellow.
Bound books & zines will be available for purchase…get the authors to sign them before they’re too famous for TMoms!
amy saul-zerby
prairie m faul
zach blackwood
ash strange
ted tarnovski
shy watson
FREE admission!
Starts at 7pm
$4 Mom’s Burgers & Mom’s Vegan Burgers until midnight
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Poetry readings by John O. Mason
April 2018
Tire Fire Presents: McAllister, Brady, Perch, & Captan
Our flagship literary reading series Tire Fire is back with another stellar line up of writers to kick off the spring season at Mom's. This month's line up includes: TOM MCALLISTER is the author of the novels How to Be Safe and The Young Widower's Handbook. He co-hosts the Book Fight! podcast and works as non-fiction editor for Barrelhouse. He lives in New Jersey and teaches at Temple University.DAN BRADY is the author of the poetry collection Strange Children, forthcoming…
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