Visiting Writers Series: Traci Brimhall

Traci Brimhall will present her work in the J.W. Jones Student Union Tower View Dining Room. The event is free and open to the public.

Brimhall is the author of five poetry collections, including “Our Lady of the Ruins,” a winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and “Rookery,” a winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. Her most recent collection, “Love Prodigal,” was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2024.

Her nonfiction debut, “The Grief Artist,” published this month by Sarabande Books, explores grief, death and art through personal narrative, historical research and cultural criticism.

In addition to serving as the poet laureate of Kansas, Brimhall is a recipient of an NEA Literature Fellowship and Pushcart Prize, and she was a 2025 Poet-in-Residence at the Guggenheim Museum.

To learn more about Brimhall and her work, visit https://tracibrimhallpoet.com/.

The Visiting Writers Series is designed to enrich Northwest’s educational mission while promoting the values of community, civil discourse and self-expression. Northwest’s Green Tower Press and the School of Language, Literature and Writing sponsor the series.