Editing Liberal, Kansas (section)

==In popular culture==
* [[B. H. Fairchild]] wrote the poem, "At the Excavation of Liberal, Kansas" (in: ''The Art of the Lathe'', [[Alice James Books]], 1998), in memory of [[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]]; it contains Stafford's poem, "What I Heard Whispered at the Edge of Liberal, Kansas" (from: ''Stories That Could Be True: New and Collected Poems'', [[Harper (publisher)#Harper & Row (1962–1990)|Harper and Row]], 1977).
* In the film ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'', Clark W. Griswold suggests altering the family's route of travel in order to visit Liberal so they can see the world's largest house of mud.  The idea is rejected by his wife, Ellen, in favor of getting to her cousin Eddie's home.<ref>{{cite web |title= National Lampoon's Vacation script |url= http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/NL_Vacation.pdf |website= Dailyscript |date= |access-date= April 30, 2022}}</ref>
* Season 4, Episode 9 of ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'' is set in Liberal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/rabbi-and-satchel-end-up-in-no-place-like-home-on-a-gra-1845681338|title=Rabbi and Satchel end up in no place like home on a gray Fargo}}</ref>