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For more information about the Washington State Poet Laureate Program: Humanities Washington or the Washington State Arts Commission.

More information about Claudia Castro Luna can be found here.

Photos for use in publicity can be found here.

Press release announcing Claudia’s appointment in English.

Press release announcing Claudia’s appointment in Spanish.

 

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Claudia Castro Luna

About Claudia

Claudia Castro Luna is serving as the poet laureate from 2018-2020. She is the author of the poetry chapbook This City and the collection Killing Marías, and was appointed Seattle’s first Civic Poet. In that position, Castro Luna won acclaim for her Seattle Poetic Grid, an online interactive map showcasing poems about different locations around the city. She succeeds poets Tod Marshall (2016-2018), Elizabeth Austen (2014-2016), Kathleen Flenniken (2012–2014), and Sam Green (2007–2009).

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