Philadelphia Stories

An exciting PS Community Update – On Sunday, December 7th, former PS contributor, F.X. Baird, will be presenting his new book of poems "A Spy in the House of Men", with a special signing, reading and Q&A!

When: Sunday, December 7th at 5pm
Where: Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA

F. X. Baird is the author of Painting with my Father (Finishing Line Press) https://www.goodreads.com/.../52398235-painting-with-my... and Square Peg, Round Hole (Moonstone Press)
https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/.../baird-f.../303 . He is a Pushcart nominee. His poems and essays have appeared in the Schuylkill Valley Journal, the e-zine Paper Dragon, and Philadelphia Stories and many anthologies. He conducted a poetry workshop with incarcerated individuals from 2016 until 2025 at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution (SCI) Graterford/Phoenix and the poems of workshop participants have been published in the Schuylkill Valley Journal and Drexel University’s Paper Dragon. He is currently seeking an agent for his historical novel, "Twin."