Event

Lit Crawl Seattle Presents Rena Priest

First, Rena will read her work. Then, after we collect ourselves from awe, she will join host (and Lit Crawl managing director!) Jekeva Phillips in conversation.

About Rena:
Rena Priest is a poet and an enrolled member of the Lhaqtemish (Lummi) Nation. She has been appointed to serve as Washington States Poet Laureate for the term of April 20212023. She is the recipient of a Vadon Foundation Fellowship, and an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award. Her debut collection, Patriarchy Blues was published by MoonPath Press and received an American Book Award. Her second collection, Sublime Subliminal is available from Floating Bridge Press. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Learn more and link to publications at renapriest.com.

Now in its ninth year, Lit Crawl Seattle 2021 will be a detour from our normal route. We will be partnering with one venue only, our friends at Hugo House, to deliver to you an awesome night of fiction and poetry. Hopefully in 2022 we will return to taking over the whole town!

Lit Crawl is powered by fiscal sponsor Shunpike and is a grant recipient of 4Culture and City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

Lit Crawl Seattle is a project of the Litquake Foundation with affiliated Lit Crawls in San Francisco, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Austin, Los Angeles, Iowa City, Seattle, London, Helsinki, Portland, Chicago, Denver, and Cheltenham.