Rebecca Meredith is the first Redmond Poet Laureate, a position established to promote the literary arts through workshops, public readings and special events throughout the city.
Rebecca is a poet, writer and psychotherapist, as well as a Redmond Association of SPokenword (RASP) cofounder. She has performed at the Burning Word Poetry Festival, the Seattle Moon Viewing Festival, and on KUOW's The Beat. Her chapbook Intergenerational Delta Blues was published by Pudding House Press. She was a fellow of the Jack Straw Writers' Program and an alumna of Hedgebrook Women Writers' Colony.
Organizations interested in working with the Poet Laureate should contact rac@redmond.gov. Redmond poets who would like their poetry on the www.redmond.gov/arts website can email it to rac@redmond.gov.
Redmond Poetry Events
SoulFood Poetry Nights
Third Thursday of the Month
Poetry Readings
SoulFood Books, 15748 Redmond Way
Info: www.soulfoodbooks.com
Redmond Association of SPokenword (RASP)
Last Friday of the Month Literary Events
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street
Info: www.rasp.cc
How to Write a Love Poem by
Linden Ontjes
Thursday, April 22, 7pm
Redmond Library
15990 NE 85th St.
Info: www.kcls.org/index.cfm
Nov. 2009 - Aug. 2011
Enjoy Tony Angell’s beautiful sculptures on exhibition on the City of Redmond campus and Sammamish River Trail. Please contact rac@redmond.gov for a map of the sculpture exhibition.
