Orca Books Cooperative Reading
315 5th Ave SE Olympia, WA 98501 315 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, United States
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Darrington Library Reading: Rivers in My Veins Author Kara Briggs
1005 Cascade St Darrington WA 98241 1005 Cascade St, Darrington, WA, United StatesFree -
Ecotrust’s Indigenous Agroforestry Gathering Closing Event
Kara is featured reader at the closing event for the Indigenous Agroforestry Gathering in Trinidad, CA, a closed event.
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Marysville Library Kara Briggs Rivers in My Veins
6120 Grove St Marysville WA 98270-4127 6120 Grove St, Marysville, WA, United StatesJoin Kara Briggs, 2024 James Welch Prize winning poet, for an in-person reading and celebration of her lyrical and documentary poetry book Rivers In My Veins.
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Edmonds Library Author Kara Briggs
650 Main St Edmonds WA 98020-3056 650 Main St, Edmonds, WA, United States“Rivers in My Veins is an expression of my experience as a mixed-race tribal citizen in the West,” Briggs said. “It opens a window on a tribal perspective on the modern world, and history that brought us to this present time. It speaks to readers who are inundated with the noise of today’s media world and invites them to talk a walk in the lands by the waters that are ever present and available to all."
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Everett Poetry Night – Featured Reader
2804 Grand Ave, Everett, WA 98201 2804 Grand Ave, Everett, United StatesEverett Poetry Night Every Monday 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. The Sisters Restaurant 2804 Grand Ave, Everett, WA 98201 5:00–5:30 p.m. sign up 5:45–7:15 p.m. open mic 7:15–7:45 p.m. featured poet 7:45 - 8:00 p.m. purchase books/chat with featured poet
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Whitefoot Studio Reading
Kara is partnering with Whitefoot Studio and the Yakama Nation to hold a reading in its Harrah antique store. The readings is for Yakama elders, including Kara's family, to hear the Yakama poems in Rivers in My Veins
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Skagit River Poetry Foundation
Skagit River Interpretive Center 52804 Rockport Park RD, Rockport, United StatesI am reading at the Skagit River Interpretive Center on the powerful beauty of the Skagit River during the season of eagles, in the homelands of Sauk-Suiattle.
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Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, United StatesKara is the featured Teader along with poets Paula Peterson, former Oregon Poet Laureate, and Sandy Yannone, Poet Laureate of Town of Old Saybrook, Connecticut at this respected, sophisticated independent book ship in Northeast Portland.
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Washington State History Museum Featuring Kara Briggs
Washington State History Museumwashingtonhistory Feb. 28 Kara Briggs (Sauk-Suiattle) has spent decades telling stories—first as a journalist, now as a poet. A resident of the Tulalip Reservation and a descendant of the Yakama Nation, she has worked with tribes from Arizona to Alaska, advocating for Indigenous communities and their connection to land and water. With an MFA in […]