HeyJaredThe Poets Weave
A weekly program of poetry reading hosted by Romayne Rubinas Dorsey and produced by WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Fat Shame a Cat (opens the original)
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"Life is not worth living if you are too serious, and I get great joy from writing poems that are fun, silly, irreverent, and sometimes have a dash of commentary. Here are a few." Peter Kaczmarczyk reads his poems “Fat Shame a Cat,” “I Don’t Have Road Rage,” “In The End,” “Americone Dream,” and “Return with Interest.” Peter was raised in Massachusetts and now resides in Indiana. His writing is assisted by cats, who think they can write better than him by walking across the keyboard. Sometimes th
Purgatory (opens the original)
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Poet Raisa Tolchinsky is the author of Glass Jaw , a poetry collection about the world of women’s boxing. Her work has appeared in Boston Review, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. She holds degrees from the University of Virginia and Harvard Divinity School. In 2025–2026, she served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Indiana University. On this edition of the Poets Weave , Raisa reads from her book Glass Jaw : "Purgatory," "Purgatory, (2)" "From July until September," and "With
Sun Shining Through (opens the original)
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Mary Dezember is an award-winning author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities. While earning her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Indiana University, she directed the Runcible Spoon Poetry Series. Professor Emeritus of English at New Mexico Tech, Mary was awarded a writer’s residency at the Historic Santa Fe Foundation in 2025. Her books include Earth-Marked Like You (Published by Sunstone Press), Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), and Wild Conviction , (Brilliant
Accidental Practitioners (opens the original)
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A Florida native, Heather Sellers is the author of five volumes of poetry. Her new collection is Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators . Sellers’ memoir, You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know , was Editors’ Choice at the New York Times Book Review . She teaches in the MFA program at the University of South Florida. On this edition of the Poets Weave , Heather reads her poems “Accidental Practitioners” and “Inventory for Pedagogy at Midlife.”
A Return (opens the original)
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Eric Rensberger grew up in Elkhart County, Indiana and has lived in the Bloomington area since 1979. In childhood he knew he wanted to be a poet, but it took him a while to figure out what that meant in practice: mainly making mistakes and starting over. He has been published in journals and anthologies and has participated with enthusiasm in self-published projects. He has a large collection of his work on his website at ericrensbergerpoetry.net . In 2025, he published a volume of selected poem
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