Pass - Through Place

By Jenna Brack

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Woven from her love of place and moments in her lifetime—both unassuming and notable—writer Jenna Brack invites us to pay tender attention to our life at hand, and to the softly worn discovery that ‘a place like Kansas rewards the quiet search.

- Amy Messenger

Ride along with Jenna Brack as she explores the vast and varied Kansas landscape, a place some consider flat and uninteresting. In this collection of personal essays that unfold as a coming-of-age memoir, Brack reveals how the land and people of Kansas have been catalysts for growth, healing, and identity. As Brack passes through wheat fields, historic ice storms, or the sprawling Flint Hills, she also travels through her own inner landscape of longing and loss.

Together, these essays spotlight Kansas as much more than a pass-through place, and instead as a formative place of resilience and hope. Brack’s storytelling invites us to consider how our own pass-through places are infused with meaning—even how they might carry us home.

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Jenna Brack is the author of Pass-Through Place (Meadowlark Press), a collection of essays shaped by growing up in central Kansas. Her essays and poetry have been featured in Every Day Poems, Coffee + Crumbs, Fathom, The Sunlight Press, and others. A former educator and college instructor, Jenna now encourages other writers through editing and coaching. She holds an MA in English from Kansas State University and currently lives with her family in Germany. 

Jenna is open to conversations on topics such as:

  • Kansas and/or the Midwest

  • Travel and place writing

  • Motherhood

  • Writing process + creative practice

  • Faith + Art

Please contact her to inquire.

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