Ben Rush interviews Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson about her recent poetry collection "Grimoire", her journey, and cooking recipes from the cookbook of Malinda Russell, the first known Black Woman to publish a cookbook in the United States.

Links to Cherene's upcoming virtual Badger Talk Live, and upcoming and past Badger Talk Live recordings, can be found here: https://badgertalks.wisc.edu/badger-talks-live/

To check out Cherene's poetry volume "Grimoire", click this link: https://www.autumnhouse.org/books/grimoire/