Nation.Cymru: Ben Rhys Palmer is interviewed by Imogen Davies

'I write about animals because I love them and find them endlessly fascinating. But I also use them as a way of writing about ourselves, they help me think and feel. Sometimes a yeti with good table manners or a tenacious tardigrade can reveal something about loneliness or resilience in a way a human speaker couldn’t.'

https://nation.cymru/culture/ben-rhys-palmer-on-his-poetry-collection-breakfast-with-the-scavengers