In May 2019, Mary Jane asked about the Tallahassee heat from her apartment on the Via Ghibellina in Florence. It was still spring in Italy, chilly and gray — I responded with the poem. We continued to exchange poems. Poesia: From Via Ghibellina to Skyland Drive gathers those poems into a chapbook. Featured readers at Big Bend Poets

Mary Jane Ryals reads from her new chapbook, Falling Apart, Radiant, and Poesia: From Via Ghibellina to Skyland Drive.