Two poets present works at Shelton library

Two poets who combine poetry and their work in psychology, both residents at Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Mason County, will share their works aloud at the Shelton Timberland Library.

Kripi Malviya, an existential psychologist and poet from India, reads her poems from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday.

Malviya’s work has been published in World Literature Review, the Sky Island Journal, Muse and the Black Warrior Review. She is the winner of the 2017 Rhythm Divine International Poetry Chapbook contest for her first poetry collection, “ale(theia).”

Malviya runs the emotional well-being organization TATVA. It specializes in therapeutic residencies for artists and creative communities, combining psychotherapy, nature therapy, social justice and cultural immersion together with creative exploration, emotional awareness and self-care.

Malviya is also co-founder of the Poetry Therapy Society of India. In her artist’s statement, she writes, “There is a constant flow in my identity as a poet and as a psychotherapist; with often no clear boundaries dividing my practice in both; hence they merge with each other seamlessly.”

Julene Tripp Weather, a psychotherapist and writer, presents her works at 3 p.m. Monday at the library.

Weaver is a poet, author and medical case management counselor. She will be reading from her new book of poetry, “Slow Now with Clear Skies,” which will be published in June.

The Seattle writer is the author of “Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS” (2017), which won the Bisexual Book Award, four Human Relations Indie Book Awards, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. Her other books are “No Father Can Save Her” in 2011 and a chapbook, “Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails Her Blues,” published in 2007.

Her poems have appeared in many journals, including HEAL, Autumn Sky Poetry and Poetry Super Highway.