Please join us in celebrating the launch of the 2024/25 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Janae Lu’s chapbook, In All Spaces Liminal. Published by Poetry Northwest Editions this is the tenth edition of the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate series. Janae Lu will read from the collection alongside other talented poets. After the reading, copies of the chapbook will be available for purchase.
This event is free and open to the public.
Janae Lu is a writer whose work explores the nuances of transition, identity, and self-discovery through free-verse poetry and creative prose. She is the 2024-25 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate, a junior at Tesla STEM High School, the chair of the Redmond Teen Advisory Board, and a second-year member of the Seattle Youth Poetry Fellowship. When not writing she can be found doing endless amounts of homework, overanalyzing Taylor Swift lyrics, and adding to her forever growing book collection.
About the Seattle Youth Poetry Fellowship (YPF):
The Youth Poetry Fellowship serves a cohort of young writers committed to poetry, performance, civic and community engagement, education, and equity across the Puget Sound region. Over the course of the school year, fellows meet regularly for workshops with the Youth Poetry Fellowship mentors. Fellows also have numerous public opportunities to share their voices, leadership, and love of Seattle throughout the course of the year. One of the fellows serves as the Youth Poet Laureate and writes a poetry collection published by Poetry NW Editions.