Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall finds inspiration in food

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published August 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM EDT

The cover of "Eat Your Words" beside author Traci Brimhall. (Courtesy of Martin Rock and Tommy Theis)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Traci Brimhall, the poet laureate of Kansas, about her effort to build connections through food and the arts with her new book “Eat Your Words: A Kansas Poetry Cookbook.”

Book excerpt: ‘Eat Your Words’

By Traci Brimhall

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