poetry

Award-winning poet Ricardo Ruiz focuses on telling the stories of his community, for his community. NWPB’s Rachel Sun interviewed Ruiz about that work, and his approach to collaborative storytelling through poetry.

El galardonado poeta Ricardo Ruiz se centra en contar las historias de su comunidad, para su comunidad.

At food establishments across Redmond, diners this month will find a unique accompaniment to their orders; poems.Penned by local writers as well as poets from international Cities of Literature, the poems expound on community, harvest and lineage. Redmond’s poet laureate, Ching-In Chen, is leading the project, called Read Local Eat Local, It kicks off on Thursday Sept. 19 in conjunction with the Downtown Redmond Art Walk.

(Runtime 3:57) By Johanna Bejarano and Lauren Gallup The Washington Center for the Book announced the 2023 Washington State Book Awards for outstanding…

Moss drapes over trees in Olympic National Park like the table dressings of fairies and the blankets of sprites. This place inspires writers — from amateurs to poets to public radio reporters — and welcomes visitors each year into its majesty.Our national parks tend to do that; be places of awe-inspiring beauty, great adventures through bushwhacking and overnights surrounded by stars, or casual days trips on paved roads for vehicle passengers to marvel at the great outdoors from the comfort of a sedan.

Five years since it was first published, Maps, a collection of poems by Tacoma writer Christina Vega, is still relevant today as a response to social injustice, they said.“I'm asking readers to return to the work,” Vega said. “Let's look at it again, these issues are still here.”

April is National Poetry Month and today/Wednesday, the Washington State Arts Commission announced that Arianne True will serve as the state’s new poet laureate beginning in May. Lauren Gallup spoke with the Tacoma-based writer and educator.

A group of poets in Kittitas County will honor eight important Washington women in verse.March is Women’s History Month, and this Friday at Gallery One in Ellensburg, the poets will perform their crown of sonnets, a succession of seven, separate sonnets, at the Women’s History Month Poetry Extravaganza.

Petra Kuppers holds many titles: disability culture activist, community performance artist, disabled woman, academic and writer, among more. She's written…

(Runtime 1:59)Eastern Washington’s ‘unofficial’ Poet Laureate, Jordan Chaney, is leaving the state to explore new endeavors. A farewell show with the new…