An NPR member station
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Travis Laurence Naught Reads "Wild Bees" by Kathleen Heideman

Travis Laurence Naught
Dean Davis
/
Pictures of Poets
Poet Travis Laurence Naught

Travis Laurence Naught is a writer who happens to be a quadriplegic wheelchair user. Carbon dioxide poisoning, exacerbated by pneumonia, at the age of 35, led to a 27-day hospital stay that left him with a tracheostomy. The Virgin Journals (ASD Publishing, 2012), his debut poetry collection, and Joyride (Black Rose Writing, 2016), his debut novel, were both released in paperback. Several of his other stories and poems have been published online and in print. He completed graduate coursework in sports psychology at Eastern Washington University, and enjoys coffee, comic books and related collectibles, and the outdoors. Travis lives with his parents, sister, niece, and nephew in Cheney, Washington.

Chris Maccini previously worked at SPR as Morning Edition host and producing arts and special programming such as The Bookshelf, Poetry Moment, Northwest Arts Review, special features and more.