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草榴社区鈥檚 Laura Laffrado Wins 2018 SSAWW Award for New Book
A Western Washington University professor works to 鈥榬ecover鈥 the legacy of Ella Rhoads Higginson

鈥淭WELVE LINEAR FEET.鈥 For nonhistorians, these would have been mostly empty words: meaningless descriptors denoting, literally, the physical shelf space consumed by an archival collection.

For Laura Laffrado, they were four full yards of Oh My God.

Belated obituary: Ella Rhoads Higginson, 1862(?)-1940, pioneer author of Pacific Northwest literature

You鈥檝e likely never heard of the pioneer-era author who was our first Poet Laureate 鈥 but her literary legacy is re-emerging with resonance.

Fundraising Campaign for Bust of PNW Author Ella Higginson a Success
草榴社区 student group to host local journalists, city members for panel discussion on naming of public memorials
Through the lens of time: Kim Cunningham reflects on Bellingham鈥檚 history
Princesses write their own endings in Seattle author鈥檚 book

New books by Seattle-area authors include a fantasy of fairy-tale princesses in the modern world, and the story of Ella Higginson, a writer who helped introduce the Pacific Northwest to readers across the country.

Western Professor Laura Laffrado Authors New Book: 鈥楽elected Writings of Ella Higginson: Inventing Pacific Northwest Literature鈥
Professor Laura Laffrado bringing NW writer Ella Higginson back to public spotlight

Ella Rhoads Higginson, one of the first prominent literary authors from the Northwest, has been largely forgotten as a key American writer.

Higginson, who lived much of her adult life in Bellingham, was celebrated for her award-winning fiction, her lyric poetry, which was set to music and鈥

Laffrado has article published in 'Legacy' journal of American women writers
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