• Brimhall is the current Poet Laureate of Kansas (2023-2026)
• Brimhall's poetry has been featured in many well-known publications, including The New Yorker, Slate, Best American Poetry, and PBS Newshour
• Love Prodigal is a poetic bridge between the arts and the sciences, as Brimhall converses with Da Vinci and Bachelard, and deconstructs and reimagines the mythos of the phoenix
• Potential audiences: fans of love poems; readers interested in the human body; readers processing trauma and grief; readers who want a happy ending

Traci Brimhall is the author of five books of poetry and currently serves as the Poet Laureate of Kansas. She holds degrees from Florida State University (BA), Sarah Lawrence College (MFA), and Western Michigan University (PhD). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Believer, Slate, The New Republic, and Best American Poetry, among others. Brimhall teaches Creative Writing at Kansas State University and lives in Wichita.