Red Fern Booksellers will host Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall for a book signing on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 106 S. Santa Fe Ave., Salina.

Brimhall, a professor of creative writing and narrative medicine at Kansas State University, will sign copies of her latest poetry collection, Love Prodigal. Published in November by Copper Canyon Press, the collection explores themes of resilience and embracing second chances.

In addition to her work as a poet laureate, Brimhall is the author of five poetry collections, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Nation, Poetry, and The New York Times Magazine. Her accolades include National Endowment for the Arts and National Parks Service fellowships. She has also studied Amelia Earhart’s lost poem drafts through a unique fellowship from Purdue Library.

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 </figure>By SALINA POSTRed Fern Booksellers will host Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall for a book signing on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 106 S. Santa Fe Ave., Salina.Brimhall, a professor of creative writing and narrative medicine at Kansas State University, will sign copies of her latest poetry collection, Love Prodigal. Published in November by Copper Canyon Press, the collection explores themes of resilience and embracing second chances.In addition to her work as a poet laureate, Brimhall is the author of five poetry collections, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Nation, Poetry, and The New York Times Magazine. Her accolades include National Endowment for the Arts and National Parks Service fellowships. She has also studied Amelia Earhart’s lost poem drafts through a unique fellowship from Purdue Library.

Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall to hold book signing at Red Fern Booksellers