Becky Plate is an enthusiastic Kansan, unabashedly in love with the Heartland. She is best known for lurking in the back of the room with a camera, penning intriguing obituaries and hosting a blog devoted to the Sunflower State. Just a moment please…, Plate’s first published collection of poems, invites the reader into snapshots of the landscapes, politics, joy and pain of life and death in the Midwest.

Acknowledgements:

Many thanks to the writers, musicians and artists, the countless creative humans who have allowed me to spend a lifetime hovering close by. And to Amy Isenburg for being my personal park ranger of the prairie. This place, its people and its past are a constant inspiration. Special thanks to Jason Ryberg of Spartan Press for many things, patience being near the top of the list.