Arianne True is a queer poet and folk artist based in Tacoma, Washington, and from the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. She grew up in the Seattle writing community, nurtured by YouthSpeaks…
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Poet Laureate
I Sing the Salmon Home is a new collection of poetry from Pacific Northwest poets, gathered by Washington State Poet Laureate and Lummi tribal member Rena Priest. The poems are…
Join us on May 4 in Tacoma as we welcome the new Washington State Poet Laureate. Current Laureate Rena Priest will “pass the laurel” to the new Laureate. Poets from around…
Great news for National Poetry Month! Governor Jay Inslee has appointed Rena Priest as our 2021-23 State Poet Laureate!
Applications are now being accepted for the position of Washington State Poet Laureate. The position serves to build awareness and appreciation of poetry — including Washington’s legacy of poetry —…
The term of Claudia Castro Luna, the 2018-2020 Washington State Poet Laureate, has been extended to January of 2021. The extension was announced by Humanities Washington and ArtsWA on December 4, 2019.
August 5, 2019 application deadline approaching Applications are now being accepted for Washington State’s next poet laureate. The deadline has been extended from July 26 to August 5, 2019. The…
Since more news has surfaced about the alarming conditions that separated children have been enduring in border patrol processing centers, I find myself inadvertently reliving my own history facing the prospect of being torn from my parents.