Sharing his journey to learn birdtalk and his profound observations about the spiritual and healing influences of birdsong, Alan Powers explores the ancient language of birds. Discussing specific techniques, he shares insights into the birdtalk of many species and explains how song-talk with birds restores peace,calms an Alan Powers earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota in 1974, with post-doctoral studies at Princeton, Brown, Harvard, Cornell, the Folger Library, Breadloaf, Villa Vergilliana (Italy), and the American Academy, Rome. He is professor emeritus of English at Bristol Community College, where he was chairman of the English department from 1988 to 1992. The author of several books, including Conversations with Birds and The Worlds of Giordano Bruno, he lives in Westport, Massach