The Poets Weave

Daniel Lassell is the author of two poetry books: Spit, published by Wheelbarrow Books in 2021, after winning the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, and Frame Inside a Frame published by Texas Review Press in 2025. Daniel grew up in Kentucky and lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Daniel reads “Museum of Exits,” “Nowhere for Safety,” “Frame [beyond these hills a river],” “Mirror,” and “Trodden Canvas.”

Michael M. Weinstein reads "Addendum to the Book of Marvels and Travel" and "The Civil Surgeon."

Michael is a poet, essayist, and literary scholar. He is the author of Saint Consequence (Alice James Books, 2025) as well as articles and poems that have appeared in venues like The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, Boston Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Michael holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan. A proud member of the trans and disability communities, he now teaches at New York University. 

Tony Brewer reads from his chapbook Water Witch (Pure Sleeze Press, 2025): "In Memoriam," "Close to the Earth," and "Confluence."

Tony is a poet and audio artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He has published 13 books and chapbooks, most recently Water Witch from Pure Sleeze Press. Tony has been offering Poetry On Demand for over fifteen years and was named Indiana’s 2024 Literary Champion by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.

Kentucky native, Rosemarie Wurth-Grice is a retired National Board Certified Teacher and founding member of the Not Dead Poets Society. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in Kentucky Monthly, Kudzu, and the Journal of Kentucky Studies. Her chapbook, Darkness Called Us Home, is forthcoming in 2025 by Finishing Line Press.

Rosemarie reads "Vestigial," "One for Sorrow," "How is it Possible?," "Hibernation," and "Winter Rain."

She joins us via Zoom from her home.

Patsy Rahn’s poetry and prose is published in various journals and anthologies. Her book, The Grainy Wet Soul, is available from bookstores online. In 2021, she received the People's Choice Award from the 5th Open Eurasion Literary Festival of Festivals. Videos of her readings can be found on her website and You Tube.

Patsy reads “Books,” “evolution,” “Ode to joy,” “In this moment of good night,” and “The package.” 

“Marriage is a long conversation.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 

Dr. Deirdre Fagan is a widow, wife, and mother of two who writes about love, loss, grief, and survival. She is the award-winning multi-genre author of five books, including Phantom Limbs, a poetry collection from Finishing Line Press; as well as her memoir, Find a Place for Me; a short story collection, The Grief Eater; a chapbook of poetry, Have Love; and a reference book, Critical Companion to Robert Frost. Her work has appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies, and she's the poetry editor at Orange Blossom Review. Fagan is professor of literature and creative writing at Ferris State University.

She reads "Superstitions," "Our love, like an apple, comes from the earth," "
The trouble with pairs," "While your husband is still able to stand," and "In Memoriam."

"Poetry comes with anger, hunger, and dismay. It does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together and would appall them if it did." - Christopher Morley 

Born and raised in Chicago, Janine Harrison is the author of Turning 50 on El Camino de Santiago, Weight of Silence, and If We Were Birds. Her work has appeared in Veils, Halos, Not Like the Rest of Us, Gyroscope Review, and "Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women." She lives in Highland, Indiana, and is a former Highland Poet Laureate. She joined us from her home via Zoom.

Janine reads "Weight of Silence," "Refugees," and "Last Morning in a Shithole."

Angela Lim is a poet, educator, and editor currently living in Bloomington, Indiana, where she is pursuing an MFA in poetry at Indiana University. In addition to writing poems, Angela has written dozens of juvenile nonfiction books.

Angela reads "Claustrophobia," "Lying on my back," and "Elegy for Yearling."

Poet Heather Corbally Bryant reads “Santorini Airport, Dusk,” “Postcards,” “Silver Anniversary,” and “Oia.”

Heather is a Senior Lecturer at Wellesley College, the author of a prize-winning study of Elizabeth Bowen, and eleven books of poems. Her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award, and have received honorable mention in the Finishing Line Press’s Open Chapbook competition.

Daniel Lassell is the author of two poetry books: Spit, published by Wheelbarrow Books in 2021, after winning the 2020 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, and Frame Inside a Frame published by Texas Review Press in 2025. Daniel grew up in Kentucky and lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Daniel says: "My most recent book thinks a lot about memory. Often when people think of memory, it’s first about their own childhood experiences. And this is intriguing to me. Childhood experiences are dictated by the circumstances our parents place us in. What we remember from our early years can sometimes feel beyond our control, but memory is made by two parts: circumstance and observance. What we observe during events can shape—and reshape—our experiences holistically. This is one of the many beauties of memory: its capacity for revisitation."

He reads "Tank," "Winston," "Frame [In Eagle Creek Park]," "Frame [The neighbor says]," "Proximity Continuum."