The Poets Weave

Rosemarie Wurth-Grice reads "Notes from Teaching the Iliad and the Myth of Helen’s Birth," "Rabbit Holes," "Ninety-five Moons of Jupiter," and "Sanctified Honey."

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.

On this edition of the Poets Weave Allie Rigby reads "Press Record Now," "Frog Skin," "Self-Portrait as Orchid," and "Burnt Rice."

Allie has roots in the chaparral and deserts of California. She is the author of Moonscape for a Child, published by Bored Wolves in 2024, and she’s a recipient of a Fulbright grant to Romania. Her writing explores health, climate change, ecology, and community, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2020.

Kourtney Jones reads "I Asked the Dead" and "Radish Greens."

Kourtney is a poet, teacher, and interdisciplinary artist from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She can be found typing in public spaces from a typewriter with her performance poetry project known as The Poem Market. Kourtney is the author of the poetry chapbook The Mug Drops. Her current work explores the intersections of languages and dreams, the transmission between the dead and the living, environmental illness, and poetry as a practice for collective liberation.

William Landau reads "Monomyth," "Faerie Fruit," "" and "To Be a F."

William is a second year MFA student at Indiana University Bloomington. Their work has appeared in publications including Hanging Loose Press, Diabolical Plots and Sinister Wisdom and will appear in an upcoming issue of Painted Bride Quarterly. When not reading or writing they're usually busy worshipping their cat, overanalyzing gay TV shows or perfecting their shortbread recipe.

Angela Lim reads "Without Compass," "COMPULSORY," "I find myself jealous of ghosts" and "Tell the Space Enthusiast 'No, Thank You'."

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.

Nina Boals reads "Somewhere in Illinois," "The Laughter," and "Litany for Spring."

Nina is a writer from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She received an MFA in poetry at Indiana University, where she served as Editor in Chief and Nonfiction Editor of Indiana Review. Her work can be found or is forthcoming from Southeast Review, Puerto del Sol, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere.

As a tribute to Jenny Kander, we're reaching back to 2008 for an episode of Jenny reading her own work. She reads from her "Maternal" series: "Late Insight," "Mother's Sister, Dury," "The Misfit," and "Painted Screen."

Jenny Kander move from South Africa to Bloomington, Indiana in 1992. She began writing poetry later in life and became a prominent member of the local poetry scene. Of her many contributions, Jenny created two radio programs, one of which is the Poets Weave, which she began at WFIU in 1999. Her poetry has appeared in Flying Island, California Quarterly, Bathtub Gin, Wind, Southern Indiana Review, and Shiver. She published two chapbooks: Taboo and The Altering Air. Jenny passed away on October 8, 2024 at the age of 91.

Gabrielle Myers reads "Green Humming Earth," "The Aftermath of Flourishing," "Summer's widening aperture," and "Flower Feeding."

Gabrielle is a writer, professor, and chef. Her memoir, Hive-Mind, was published in 2015. Her first poetry books Too Many Seeds and Break Self: Feed are available via Finishing Line Press (2024). Her third poetry book, Points in the Network, is forthcoming in 2025. She joins us remotely via Zoom. 

(Her website: www.gabriellemyers.com)

Zilia Balkansky-Sellés reads "Thoughts while rolling the garbage bin," "End of April, Rainy Sky," "Gaggle of Boys," and "The House Across the Street."

Zilia is a writer and actor based in Bloomington, Indiana. Her poems have been published in the online journal Comparative Woman, and in the books Trigger Warnings, edited by Joan Hawkins and Kalynn Brower, and Stormwash: Environmental Poems, edited by Hiromi Yoshida. Her work appeared in the 2023 Ryder Magazine, Poetry Edition and has been presented at spoken-word events hosted by the Writers Guild at Bloomington.

Zilia Balkansky-Sellés reads "Elephant Born, "Mulch Pile," "April 20, 2021," and "The Assurance of a Sunflower." 

Zilia is a writer and actor based in Bloomington, Indiana. Her poems have been published in the online journal Comparative Woman, and in the books Trigger Warnings, edited by Joan Hawkins and Kalynn Brower, and Stormwash: Environmental Poems, edited by Hiromi Yoshida. Her work appeared in the 2023 Ryder Magazine, Poetry Edition and has been presented at spoken-word events hosted by the Writers Guild at Bloomington.