July 21, 2021, 11:00 am

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Wash. Talking Book & Braille Library
Online Poet Laureate Event

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July 14, 2021, 6:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Empty Bowl Press

Where:
Finnriver Farm & Cidery
124 Center Rd Chimacum, WA 98325 United States

Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest will join a reading from the recently released Madrona Project#2: Keep a Green Bough: Voices from the Heart of Cascadia.

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July 14, 2021, 6:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Empty Bowl Press

Where:
Finnriver Farm & Cidery
124 Center Rd Chimacum, WA 98325 United States

Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest will join a reading from the recently released Madrona Project#2: Keep a Green Bough: Voices from the Heart of Cascadia.

Join Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest as she builds awareness and appreciation of poetry, including the state’s legacy of poetry, through public readings, workshops, lectures, and presentations across the state.

Priest, a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, is the author of Patriarchy Blues, which was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and the recent Sublime Subliminal. She has also received the Allied Arts Foundation 2020 Professional Poets Award, and residency fellowships from Hawthornden Castle, Hedgebrook, and Mineral School. She is a National Geographic Explorer and a 2019 Jack Straw Writer. Priest’s work can be found in Poetry Northwest, Pontoon Poetry, Verse Daily, Poem-a-Day at Poets.org, and elsewhere. She has taught at Western Washington University and Northwest Indian College. Priest holds a BA in English from Western Washington University and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

The poet laureate is sponsored by Humanities Washington and The Washington State Arts Commission/ArtsWA, with the support of Governor Jay Inslee. See the full website of the poet laureate here.

Poet laureate events are produced by the hosting organization.

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June 27, 2021, 12:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Orca Network
Online Poet Laureate Event

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June 25, 2021, 11:30 am

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Native Action Network
Online Poet Laureate Event

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June 24, 2021, 6:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Endangered Species Coalition
Online Poet Laureate Event

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June 19, 2021, 7:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Lummi Island Library
Online Poet Laureate Event

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June 13, 2021, 11:00 am

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Voices of the River

Where:
People’s Park Parking Lot
2834 W Clarke Ave Spokane, WA 99201 United States

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June 10, 2021, 4:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University
Online Poet Laureate Event

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June 5, 2021, 6:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
U of Washington Information School
Online Poet Laureate Event

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May 21, 2021, 11:30 am

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Yakima Valley College Diversity Series
Online Poet Laureate Event

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May 6, 2021, 6:30 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
The Seattle Public Library
Online Poet Laureate Event

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April 24, 2021, 4:30 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Seattle Civic Poet/Off. of Arts and Cul.
Online Poet Laureate Event

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April 20, 2021, 12:00 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
Central Washington University Library
Online Poet Laureate Event

Join Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest as she builds awareness and appreciation of poetry, including the state’s legacy of poetry, through public readings, workshops, lectures, and presentations across the state.

Priest, a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, is the author of Patriarchy Blues, which was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and the recent Sublime Subliminal. She has also received the Allied Arts Foundation 2020 Professional Poets Award, and residency fellowships from Hawthornden Castle, Hedgebrook, and Mineral School. She is a National Geographic Explorer and a 2019 Jack Straw Writer. Priest’s work can be found in Poetry Northwest, Pontoon Poetry, Verse Daily, Poem-a-Day at Poets.org, and elsewhere. She has taught at Western Washington University and Northwest Indian College. Priest holds a BA in English from Western Washington University and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

The poet laureate is sponsored by Humanities Washington and The Washington State Arts Commission/ArtsWA, with the support of Governor Jay Inslee. See the full website of the poet laureate here.

Poet laureate events are produced by the hosting organization.

Registration for this event is closed

April 18, 2021, 1:30 pm

Event with the Washington State Poet Laureate

Host:
CASCADIA International Women's Film Fest
Online Poet Laureate Event

Join Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest as she builds awareness and appreciation of poetry, including the state’s legacy of poetry, through public readings, workshops, lectures, and presentations across the state.

Priest, a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, is the author of Patriarchy Blues, which was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and the recent Sublime Subliminal. She has also received the Allied Arts Foundation 2020 Professional Poets Award, and residency fellowships from Hawthornden Castle, Hedgebrook, and Mineral School. She is a National Geographic Explorer and a 2019 Jack Straw Writer. Priest’s work can be found in Poetry Northwest, Pontoon Poetry, Verse Daily, Poem-a-Day at Poets.org, and elsewhere. She has taught at Western Washington University and Northwest Indian College. Priest holds a BA in English from Western Washington University and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

The poet laureate is sponsored by Humanities Washington and The Washington State Arts Commission/ArtsWA, with the support of Governor Jay Inslee. See the full website of the poet laureate here.

Poet laureate events are produced by the hosting organization.

Registration for this event is closed