Anastacia Renée: Award-Winning Poet and Interdisciplinary Artist

Anastacia Renée: Award-Winning Poet and Interdisciplinary Artist

Also featuring a reading and performance by Lana Winborn (M.A. '21)

Thursday, April 22nd
5:00pm
Virtually on Zoom

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYudeqspzopH9y7sJWu09Ko5DCOqao3AWUh

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Sponsored by the English Department and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department

Contact for details: Dr. Jane Wong, jane.wong@wwu.edu

Anastacia-Renee is a writer, educator, interdisciplinary artist, TEDx speaker and podcaster. She is a 2020 Arc Fellow (4Culture) and Jack Straw Curator. Renee is the recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington Artists (2018), Seattle's Civic Poet (2017-2019), and Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House (2015-2017). Renee has received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Ragdale, Mineral School, and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Her poems and essays have been anthologized in: Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden, and Seismic: Seattle City of Literature. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in: Spark, Foglifter, Auburn Avenue, Catapult, Alta, Torch, and many more. Renee's solo art exhibition, "(Don't Be Absurd) Alice in Parts" is currently on view at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, until April 25th, 2021. For more, visit: https://www.anastacia-renee.com/.