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Rena Priest, Washington’s New Poet Laureate, Calls Bellingham Home
For the next two years, our Washington State Poet Laureate promises to reach out to residents, and bring poetry into the natural world. Photo courtesy Rena Priest
Rena Priest, Washington’s New Poet Laureate, Calls Bellingham Home
A member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation and an American Book Award winner, Priest is the first Native American poet to serve as our state s poet laureate
Bellingham resident Rena
Priest made a deal with herself: she would apply for two positions that help
her follow her artistic dreams, and if she got either one, she could quit her “day ....

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