Fists curling and uncurling. People who don't look each other in the eye. Food, and everyone coming together around it. These are the images at the core of Jane Wong's second collection of poems, How To Not Be Afraid Of Everything.
On the first day of National Poetry Month, Washington state鈥檚 new poet laureate has been announced: Bellingham resident Rena Priest, whose debut poetry collection 鈥淧atriarchy Blues鈥 won an American Book Award in 2018.
Priest, a member of the Lhaq鈥檛emish (Lummi) Nation, is the first鈥