March 18 Program: Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate

March 18, 2023, 1:30 pm
Presenter: Traci Brimhall, Kansas Poet Laureate
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Why Can't the Heart Stop Asking?

This presentation will take place at the Manhattan Public Library Auditorium.
​629 Poyntz Ave, Manhattan, KS 66502
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​All members are welcome to attend this presentation in person. Please plan to arrive early as the program will have a prompt 1:30pm start time.

The presentation will also be broadcast via Zoom.

Poetry is an art of attention, but sometimes the more attention we pay to the world, the more astonishing and confusing it can be. The medical researcher Jonas Salk said "what people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question," which I believe also holds true for poetry. What images do we see each day that excites our minds? What sounds do we hear that awaken our hearts? What poems ask for our attention and reward us with discovery? This presentation will use poetry to create surprises, explore our curiosities, and find new questions. ​

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Traci Brimhall is the author of four poetry collections: Come the Slumberless from the Land of Nod (Copper Canyon); Saudade (Copper Canyon); Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton), winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize; and Rookery (Southern Illinois University Press), winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Believer, The New Republic, Orion, New York Times Magazine, and Best American Poetry.  She’s received fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the National Endowment for the Arts.  Brimhall lives in Manhattan, KS and serves as the Poet Laureate of Kansas.

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