Carrie Shaw Rice

Carrie Shaw Rice was a pioneering educator, poet, and author who helped broaden the role of women in education in the early years of Tacoma, Washington.

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Nonbinary femme poet, writer and intersectional activist, who advocates for disability justice as well as for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT+) and Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) rights.

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Claudia Castro Luna

A prominent writer, poet, and instructor, Claudia Castro Luna served as Washington state’s 5th Poet Laureate from 2018 to 2021, becoming the first immigrant, woman of color, and non-native English speaker to take up the prestigious position.

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Mona Tracy

Mona Tracy was one of three Canterbury writers whose children’s books, written in the 1920s, have stood the test of time.

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