A Study in Light: An Afternoon With Washington Poet Laureate Rena Priest

Northwest Great Books and Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum are thrilled to celebrate the Spring Equinox with Washington State Poetry Laureate, Rena Priest.  

Rena Priest became the sixth Washington State Poet Laureate on April 14, 2021. Each  laureate puts their own unique focus on the position, Rena 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. 

features an afternoon of readings from her latest book and other selected poems. A Study in LightNorthwest Know-How: Beaches

became the sixth Washington State Poet Laureate on April 14, 2021, and her term will run until March 31, 2023. She is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award and fellowships from the Academy o…