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Natalie Disney Reads "And Now It’s September" by Barbara Crooker

Every month on the program, we ask a writer to select short works of poetry and prose, one for each week of the month, all on a specific theme. This October, Natalie Disney joins us to share works on the theme of autumn. Today, she reads a poem by Barbara Crooker called, “And Now It’s September.” Crooker has published ten poetry collections, with her decorated work appearing in hundreds of outlets, including The Sun, BBC, and The Writer’s Almanac. Her most recent collection, Slow Wreckage, was published by Grayson Books in 2024.

Something I Heard is supported by Idaho Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

I started working with Boise State Public Radio in 2018, first as a freelance podcaster of You Know The Place, and later as a contract producer for Reader’s Corner. The former ran for six award-winning seasons, visiting funeral homes, ostrich farms and nude retreats for the story. The latter is now in its 22nd year of interviewing NYT-bestselling, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning authors.

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