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Author of THE LIGHT TO NEVER BE SNUFFED & DUALITY LIES BENEATH | 10+ years as EIC @thirtywestph

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Getting closer to The Night of the Living Poets 🧟

Bring a Blanket will be outside under the lights in the garden at @theperch_musicandarts_workshop from 6:30-8:30. A massive 5 feature + open mic set. @keslentz & @eggsploratory return once again, Rebecca Kokitus’s first feature at BaB, and cohosts @alexandranaughton & @jdalewrites plus YOU!

Celebrate Alexandra’s bday while you’re here, and hang out with the other great reading circuits in Philly. One night only! 4-midnight.

Signups at the beginning and mid-point of the set. See the QR or visit @housepoetphilly for registration and the nightly events. Costumes encouraged 🎃 taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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9 days ago

it’s time to start thinking about a writers party 2027! we’re planning another totally free 5-day festival for you, and we want to see what kind of ideas you have for workshops and events. if you’d like to lead a workshop or put together a reading, and if you’d like to be teamed up with another indie press organization, you have until november 1 to turn in your proposals! link in bio 🖤 by @bring_a_blanket

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Bring a Blanket state flag in the country of Philadelphia. 🫡 by @bring_a_blanket

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5 months ago

Finally, the last BaB feature for tomorrow, who is the proud founder and birthday girl (Sunday) 🎂

ALEXANDRA NAUGHTON is ghost-shaped and wandering. To know her is to love her. Her third novel, Fake Company, is forthcoming from Maudlin House in December 2027. Subscribe to her substack and find her writing at alexandranaughton.com taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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Tomorrow’s the big day! Here’s feature 4/5 from the Bring a Blanket tribe!

Rebecca Kokitus is the author of three poetry chapbooks. She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, and her poetry and prose has been published in numerous journals. She is originally from the Pennsylvania coal region, and currently resides in the Philadelphia area. Reach her by invocation and/or carrier pigeon. taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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Meet your third feature and long-time cohost of BaB!

Josh Dale lives in the state of Pennsylvania as an undead metalhead and recommends playing music to your cat. He’s the editor-in-chief of Thirty West @thirtywestph , cohost of the reading series, Bring a Blanket, and the author of a chapbook, RAGE: Stories and the book, Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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Meet the 2nd feature for our big reading this Saturday at Night of the Living Poets!

MADDY BROZUSKY is a coal-town poet currently based out of North Philadelphia. They bring an eclectic blend of prose, poetry, and performative ranting for your listening pleasure. If you look closely you can see the seams in their skin suit and notice they are actually three cryptids stacked on top of each other and hiding from the police. (Be cool, bro.) A long time friend of the incredible Thirty West Publishing House, find her on Instagram. taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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On Saturday, Bring a Blanket makes its @theperch_musicandarts_workshop debut with 5 features. Let’s meet our first feature!

KRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ is a queer writer of Maltese descent residing in NYC. A cult escapee and GED holder. She is the author of 2 books: EXHIBIT: an amended woman, depose & face-to-faces She is a TEDx participant and regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post. KRISTINE is the co-founder, organizer, and host of Adverse Abstraction, a monthly experimental artist series in NYC’s East Village. taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

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we’re stoked to be a part of night of the living poets party presented by @housepoetphilly at @theperch_musicandarts_workshop later this month! or feasted readers include @eggsploratory @keslentz Rebecca Kokitus @alexandranaughton @jdalewrites & an open mic!
come celebrate alexandra’s birthday with us and bring a poem to read (extra points if you come prepared with a special sonnet or triolet written for the birthday girl!) by @bring_a_blanket

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The Night of the Living Poets draws near!!! 👻

A comprehensive and spooky all-styles Philadelphia poetry festival! Featuring:

🦇 performances
🦇 workshops
🦇 open mics
🦇 literary vendors
🦇 dj sets
🦇 community with other writers
🦇 and more…beware!

Starring the events you know and love:
@moonstoneartscenter
@excaliburpoetry
@bring_a_blanket
@ghostharmonics
@poets_row
And more!

Costumes are encouraged as well!!

Will you accept your fate?! by @bring_a_blanket

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17 days ago

We’re coming to get you, poets!!!

Officially announcing NIGHT OF THE LIVING POETS, a first-of-its-kind indoor/outdoor poetry festival at @theperch_musicandarts_workshop on October 17!

This all-night revue will feature collaborators from @excaliburpoetry, @ghostharmonics, @bring_a_blanket, @moonstoneartscenter, @poets_row and many more!

Plus vendors, DJs, snacks, and of course poetry readings! Q&A! Storytelling! Workshops!

Interested in getting involved? Looking for a vendor spot? Send a DM our way!

Save the date for Oct. 17, and we’ll see you ghouls at the Perch! We will be in costume….will you??

#phillypoetry #phillyevents #phillyopenmic #thingstodoinphilly #halloween by @bring_a_blanket

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a month ago

Scenes from last Sunday. Summer ended with a nice reading. Great times had by everyone. Thank you everyone for coming out! by @bring_a_blanket

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