6 p.m.
Join us online for an evening with Rena Priest, our Washington State Poet Laureate! 乱伦社区 Libraries is proud to host her as the Maxine Cushing Grey Distinguished Writers Fellow this year. Priest has received numerous awards for her writing, including an American Book Award for her debut poetry collection, 鈥淧atriarchy Blues.鈥� An enrolled member of the Lhaq鈥檛emish (Lummi) Nation, Priest is the first Indigenous person to receive the Maxine Cushing Gray Visiting Writers Fellowship.
Rena Priest will share a reading followed by a conversation with UW Tacoma professor Danica Miller (Puyallup), with an opportunity for audience questions afterward. The emcee for the event will be Annie Downey and the discussion moderator will be Anne Jenner, 鈥�93, both from University Libraries.