Poet Laureate To Hold On-Line Reading At Yakima Valley College
Washington State's new Poet Laureate Rena Priest is coming to The Yakima Valley College for a public reading and talk on May 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM. It will be an on-line event and you can Click here to attend the online event.
By definition a poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.
We don't know if Ms Priest will whip up something special for this occasion but we do know when she was appointed to her two year term last month by Gov. Jay Inslee, she became the state’s first Indigenous poet to serve in the role.