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Kansas Book Festival: Poets In Praise of Prairie panel

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Humanities Kansas invites readers to engage with native plants through Wild Words, a chapbook of poems and original illustrations that honor the Kansas prairie, from the iconic sunflower and big bluestem to the unexpected antelope milkweed.  Panel features Megan Kaminski, Wild Words editor + featured poets. Moderator: HK Director of Grants & Outreach, Leslie VonHolten.

Earlier Event: September 13
Writers' Workshop Reading Series, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Later Event: September 30
Wild Words Event

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