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Kathleen Flenniken

Feb

10

2016

Tod Marshall

Passing the Laurel: Tod Marshall Is the New WA State Poet Laureate

Last night at Hugo House in Seattle, outgoing Washington State Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen “passed the laurel” to 2016-18 Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall (Bugle). The celebration included readings by Marshall and Austen, as well as Pacific Northwest poets Rick Barot, Karen Finneyfrock, Jourdan Keith, Jane Wong, and more. Former Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken emceed. …

Nov

14

2012

PNBA’s 2013 Shortlist Announced

The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best books of 2012 by Northwest authors. These 12 books and their authors are the nominees. The PNBA Awards Committee is made up of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our region. This year they considered more than 200 titles published in …

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13

2012

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remarks

Kathleen Flenniken: In Washington’s High Desert,
Poetry Meets the Nuclear Age

Kathleen Flenniken was recently named Poet Laureate of Washington State. A native of the state, she grew up the daughter of a chemist who worked at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. She went on to earn two degrees in civil engineering and herself worked eight years as an engineer and hydrologist, three of those years at …

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