Join us this Friday for a Reading in Celebration of Salmon by Washington State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest

6 pm Friday 9/16, Hay Barn at Finnriver

Join us for a public reading by Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest in Celebration of Salmon. Priest, our current poet laureate and member of the Lummi nation, will share her poems and a preview of her Salmon Anthology Project, which will be published by Empty Bowl Press in Chimacum. 6 pm in the Hay Barn. FREE

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A member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, Priest is 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. Priest’s literary debut, Patriarchy Blues, was honored with the 2018 American Book Award, and her most recent work is Sublime Subliminal.

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.

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