Telling Tales with Ms. G

Tune in for an Audio Timeline highlighting KTOO’s 40th Anniversary! If you can’t make it to your radio, you can link to the 29-minute version here:

Here’s the 3-minute version:

Tuesday’s show is hosting: Poetry Grand Slam — Poets

–Bill Merck and Nathan Bloc

They will both be reciting their own poetry and also giving tribute to poets who have inspired them.

POEMS

Two of Nathan’s poems we will get to hear are:

–Ominous Zoologist

–Fool’s Poem

This month’s Woosh Kinaadeiyí open mic and poetry slam theme is "Tribute. 

It will be held Friday, Dec. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at 209 Seward St.

(between Urban Eskimo and Nana’s Attic). The event, open to

poets and performers of all ages and all abilities, will be hosted

by Mike Christenson and Krage Skafelstad, with DJ Manu providing music.

There will be a party following the Slam to help Woosh Kinaadeiyí say

“thank you” to the community.

Food and drink will be provided. Suggested Donation is $5.

“The Girl, The Wolf, The Crone” by Kellie Wells
— Giving up your bread and therefore yourself is tricky business.

&

“Little Pot” by Ilya Kaminsky
–Stories w/in stories and all you have to do is “Remember this!”

Story from Tuesday, November 26

“A Kiss to Wake the Sleeper” by Rabih Alameddine
— Sometimes you get more than you bargained for when becoming a Womyn.

“The Strongest Lady in the World: Miss Dorcas Lehman, Weightlifter” by Walter W. “Red” Smith
–Miss Lehman’s life when she was still in the business. She died in 2011 and would have been 100 years old this year.