Everett Poetry Night: Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest
Schedule
Thu Jul 07 2022 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
The Sisters Restaurant | Everett, WA
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Open-Minded Enough to Embrace the Range of Topics Shared.
Be prepared to encounter dark subjects.
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The Sister's Restaurant
2804 Grand Ave.
Everett, WA 98201
Located in
The Everett Public Market
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5:00 - 5:30 Arrive/order/mingle
5:15 - 5:45 Occasionally we will have music.
5:30 p.m. Sign Up
5:45 p.m. The first poet begins
7:15 p.m. Feature: Rena Priest
8:00 p.m. Good Night / Thanks for attending.
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Rena Priest became the sixth Washington State Poet Laureate on April 14, 2021, and her term will run until March 31, 2023. A member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, Priest will be the first Indigenous poet to be the state’s Poet Laureate. Priest’s literary debut, Patriarchy Blues, was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and her most recent work is Sublime Subliminal. She succeeds Claudia Castro Luna, the previous poet laureate. Priest’s literary debut, Patriarchy Blues, was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and her most recent work is Sublime Subliminal. Priest’s work can be found in Poetry Northwest, Pontoon Poetry, Verse Daily, Poem-a-Day at Poets.org, and elsewhere.
She has taught Comparative Cultural Studies and Contemporary American Issues at Western Washington University and Native American Literature at 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.
Each laureate puts their own unique focus on the position, and Priest focuses on two primary goals during her term: celebrating poetry in Washington’s tribal communities, and using poetry to increase appreciation of the natural world and the threats facing it.
Read Priest’s blog at wapoetlaureate.org, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
(Photo by Savanna Estey)
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Your host will be
Duane Kirby Jensen
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