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Washington names first Indigenous state poet laureate

On the first day of National Poetry Month, Washington state’s new poet laureate has been announced: Bellingham resident Rena Priest, whose debut poetry collection “Patriarchy Blues” won an American Book Award in 2018.

Priest, a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, is the first…

2021-04-02
Western's English and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Departments Celebrate National Poetry Month with Virtual Event 2021-04-02
CHSS to host 'Curating and Presenting Lasting Literature: WWU's Bellingham Review' March 10 2021-03-01
CHSS to host 'Curating and Presenting Lasting Literature: WWU's Bellingham Review' March 10 2021-03-01
Check out the English Department's Black History Month reading list 2021-02-08
Check out the English Department's Black History Month reading list 2021-02-08
The Home of Color and of Light: Remembering the Local Literary Legacy of Ella Higginson

For locals invested in Bellingham’s culture, the name “Ella Higginson” is generally familiar. Literary enthusiasts may know her as Washington’s first Poet Laureate. Western Washington University visitors may know that the façade of Edens Hall quotes her (“Here is the Home of Color and of Light…

2021-01-22
The Home of Color and of Light: Remembering the Local Literary Legacy of Ella Higginson

For locals invested in Bellingham’s culture, the name “Ella Higginson” is generally familiar. Literary enthusiasts may know her as Washington’s first Poet Laureate. Western Washington University visitors may know that the façade of Edens Hall quotes her (“Here is the Home of Color and of Light…

2021-01-22
What to Cook This Weekend

Story links to "Resilient Pieholes," an online feature of The Bellingham Review, the literary journal produced by the WWU English Department.

2021-01-14
What to Cook This Weekend

Story links to "Resilient Pieholes," an online feature of The Bellingham Review, the literary journal produced by the WWU English Department.

2021-01-14
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