Poetry Ohio Kicks Off!
Click here to listen to Kate Caraballo read "Because We Didn't Bring Our Own God with Us..." by October's featured Ohio poet Conor Bracken, on Poetry Ohio, our new show on WYSU-FM. Conor, a poet and translator, has been a First Wednesday reader and a presenter at the Fall Literary Festival. His latest translation is of Jean D'Amérique's Workshop of Silence, and his second book of poems is All-American Dad. He teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Our featured November poem is "Every River on Earth" by Dayton poet David Lee Garrison. We first met David at the Words Made Visible project, and an excerpt of his poem "Chant of Change" was stamped into a sidewalk square by Michael Staaf in the native garden by the stairs behind the main library and St. John's Episcopal Church. He returned to Lit Youngstown in later years to lead sessions at Fall Literary Festivals.
David Lee Garrison is a retired Wright State University Professor of Spanish and Portuguese. His poetry has been published widely, read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac, and featured by Ted Kooser in his blog, American Life in Poetry.
Our December poem is "Gilroy" by Philip Brady. Phil is professor emeritus of English at Youngstown State and editor emeritus and founder of Etruscan Press. He has been a frequent and valued guest at Lit Youngstown events.
Listeners to Poetry Ohio can expect, “a brief immersion into poetry by Ohio-affiliated poets, including an introduction of the month's poet, a commentary on their poem, and the poem itself. Host Kate Caraballo hopes that placing poetry in an “unexpected place” will give listeners an opportunity to enjoy something they would not have otherwise thought to explore.
Kate Caraballo (née Weaver) is a poet, editor, and mother of two. Her work has been published by Agora, The Carroll Review, Poetic Sun, The Words Faire, and Boudin. In 2022, Kate earned her M.A. in English with a focus in contemporary poetry at John Carroll University. She has been editing poetry professionally for ten years, taught at the collegiate level for three, and now officially serves as a contributing poetry editor for Chestnut Review.
