Traci Brimhall: Intimacy and the Everyday
Published: April 21, 2026
Duration: 8:28
April is National Poetry Month in the U.S., so we are featuring some of our favorite poets who write about our feathered friends. Traci Brimhall is an associate professor of poetry at Kansas State University. Her first published collection, from 2013, is called Rookery and features many poems about birds. But Brimhall didn't grow up birding — her interest came later in life.
More info and transcript at BirdNote.org.
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