Kara Briggs

Skagit River Poetry Foundation Festival, invited poet
2026-10-03 08:00 - 2026-10-05 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Shadow Works Writers in White Center, WA
2026-07-30 19:00 - 21:30
I am one of the poets reading on July 30, 2026 in the White Center neighborhood near SeaTac a reading organized by Shaun McMichael, public school teacher and poet.

Beelyn Naihiwet (MOONFULL; Finishing Line Press);

Molly Olguín (THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD; Red Hen Press);

Raúl Sánchez (WHEN WE WERE WATER; World Enough Writers Press);

Kara Briggs (RIVERS IN MY VEINS; St. Julian Press);

Rivka Clifton (MUZZLE; Jackleg Press);

Benjamin Schmitt (SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS; Gold Fish Press)

Eli Hastings: psychotherapist, poetry mentor, editor, and Pushcart-nominated author of two creative non-fiction books

Shaun Anthony McMichael, author of WHISTLE PUNK FALLS (Order your copy here!): public high school teacher, poet, writer, author of 3 books.

Location to be shared closer to the event.

Unsinkable Tour at Swerve in Skibbereen
2026-04-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Swerve, 8 Cork Road, Skibbereen, P81 YX40, Ireland
Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic book launch tour continues

It's About Time
2026-04-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Ballard Public Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Kara Briggs is reading in Ballard in Seattle at the once a month It’s About Time poetry series. Organized by Peggy Sturdivent,

Poets Writing Across the Pacific
2026-03-04 08:00 - 2026-03-07 17:00
Recorded WorkShop for AWP in Baltimore with Midori Fujioka, Pat Matsueda, Shawna Young Ryan, Lawrence Ypil and Kara Briggs
it will be available on line on March 4-7, 2026 during the AWP Convention in Baltimore.
Midori Fujioka and Kara Briggs are 2024 graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts with MFAs in Creative Writing. Kara is the author Rivers in My Veins, and her poem Acknowledgement Two won the James Welch Prize in 2024.
Pat Matsueda is a poet and prose writer whose latest publication is Tailspin and Other Stories. From 1992 to 2022, she was the managing editor of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing, a literary publication of the University of Hawaii Press.

Shawna Yang Ryan is the author of numerous short stories and two novels, Water Ghosts and Green Island, which received an American Book Award.She previously directed the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Creative Writing Program, where she was a tenured professor. She now works as a book coach and editor in California.

Lawrence Ypil is a Filipino poet who writes about migration, photography, and memory. He just recently joined the English Department at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

Pelican Bay Books, Madrona Poetry Series, Anacortes
2026-01-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Pelican Bay Books, 520 Commercial Ave. Anacortes, WA 98221, Anacortes, WA, United States
Poets Kara Briggs and Sati Mookherjee will read for the Madrona Poetry Series at Pelican Bay Books, an independent family owned book store in Anacortes, WA.

Valentine Love Poems Reading
2026-01-18 19:00 - 2026-02-13 21:00 | 300 Lenora Street, Suite 151, Seattle, WA 98121, 300 Lenora Street, Suite 151, Seattle, WA 98121, Seattle, 98121, United States
Laura Da”, Lorna Dee Cervantes and Kara Briggs will reading during the Friday Art Walk at the Native Action Network in Seattle’s Bell Town. The reading will feature three award winning poets on the even of Valentines’ Day.

Sno-Isle Library, Sultan WA Reading
2025-11-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Sno-Isle Library, Sultan, 319 Main St, Sultan, WA, United States
Kara is reading at the Sno-Isle Library in Sultan, Washington. Sultan on the Skykomish River is at the souther end of Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe’s territory. Kara who is enrolled Sauk-Suiattle features stories from her tribe in Rivers in My Veins. Kara will read the epic poem Sauk-Suiattle Struggles in the library, which uses the Sultan City Council Chamber for events. The poem cycle is a land claim for the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe. Kara will unofficially read it in the city record.

Heritage University Native American Month Reading
2025-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Heritage University, 3240 Fort Rd, Toppenish, WA 98948, Toppenish, WA, United States
Kara is invited by Heritage University to share Rivers in My Veins with over 50 students and faculty from Heritage and from Yakama Tribal High School as part of celebrations for Native American Month. Kara read poems about the Columbia River, the North Cascades and her family from Yakama Nation.

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Stone Kitchen Reading Series Features Kara Briggs
2025-10-11 17:00 - 19:00
Kara Briggs to join the Stone Kitchen Readings for house reading and iterative writing exercises in Bellingham, Wa.

Sno-Isle Library - Arlington, Wa
2025-05-31 15:00 - 16:00
Kara to read from Rivers in My Veins at the Sno-Isle Library In Arlington Wa

Arlington, WA. Library Poetry Reading
2025-05-31 15:00 - 16:00 | 135 N Washington, Arlington, WA, 135 N Washington, Arlington, WA, 98223, United States
Invited by Librarian Monica Jackson sister of my MFA Director at the Institute of American Arts, the National Book Award finalist Deborah Jackson Taffa. Reading from Rivers in My Veins, and a few new poems.

The Bookstore in Haines
2025-05-30 16:00 - 17:00 | The Bookstore, 223 Main St Box 935, Haines, AK 99827, Haines, AK, United States
The Bookstore in Haines Alaska is featuring a reading by Kara Briggs from Rivers in My Veins. Kara has tied through marriage to Haines and the Tlingits from the Chilkat Valley.

Hibulb Cultural Center Reading
2025-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Hibulb Cultural Center, 6410 23rd Ave NE, Tulalip, WA, 98271, United States
I will be honored to read from Rivers in My Veins and new works at the landmark Hibulb Cultural Center.

Washington Library Association Book Bash
2025-04-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Greater Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 Commerce Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
I will be joining the WLA Book Bash will celebrate the vibrant talent of authors from Washington and the greater PNW! Rivers in My Veins!!

Cultivating Voices SWIMM Reading
2025-03-27 18:00 - 21:30 | MG Studio, 1319 W.11s, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Reading a poem as part of this great show case of two of my favorite online poetry venues. At Pacific, a venue blocks from the LA Convention Center. More info to come.

AWP Conference and Bookfair
2025-03-27 08:00 - 2025-03-29 17:00 | Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figeroa St, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Find me at the Saint Julian Booth in the bookfair

Yakima Coffeehouse Poets
2025-03-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Yakima Coffeehouse, 3506 W Chestnut Ave, Yakima, WA, 98902, United States
Thrilled to be invited to read at the Yakima Coffeehouse Poets on March 12. Very excited to be in Yakima for this reading, near to my friends and family on Yakama Nation.

Columbia River Maritime Museum
2025-03-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, 97203, United States
Kara is reading at the spectacular Columbia River Maritime Museum in beautiful Astoria, Oregon.

AWP Reading
2025-03-05 19:00 - 21:00
SWWIM-Cultivating Voices Reading during AWP featuring 30 women poets, in Downtown Los Angeles

Village Books
2025-03-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA, 98222, United States

Washington History Society
2025-03-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Washington Historical Society, 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, 98402, United States
I am the featured reader at the Washington Historical Society store. Rivers in My Veins asks readers to reconsider the history they know or think they know about the lands and waters of the Northwest.

Washington State History Museum Featuring Kara Briggs
2025-02-28 14:00 - 2025-11-15 15:00 | Washington State History Museum
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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 Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and a background in public and tribal administration, her debut poetry collection, “Rivers in My Veins,” is a personal and historical exploration of her tribal family’s deep ties to the Cascade Mountains and Columbia

Broadway Books
2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, Oregon, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, 97323, United States
Kara 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.

Skagit River Poetry Foundation
2025-02-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Skagit River Interpretive Center, 52804 Rockport Park RD, Rockport, 98283, United States
I 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.

Yakima Coffee House Open Reading
2025-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Larsen Fine Art Gallery, 606 W Nob Hill Blvd, YAkima, WA, United States
Kara is featured reader at the Yakima Coffee House Open Reading , opening the reading of more than 37 local poets.

Whitefoot Studio Reading
2025-02-12 15:00 - 2025-11-15 16:00
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

Everett Poetry Night - Featured Reader
2025-01-13 05:00 - 20:00 | 2804 Grand Ave, Everett, WA 98201, 2804 Grand Ave, Everett, 98201, United States
Everett 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

Edmonds Library Author Kara Briggs
2024-11-23 14:00 - 15:00 | 650 Main St Edmonds WA 98020-3056, 650 Main St, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States

Marysville Library Kara Briggs Rivers in My Veins
2024-11-21 18:00 - 19:00 | 6120 Grove St Marysville WA 98270-4127, 6120 Grove St, Marysville, WA, 98270, United States
