The poetry world throughout Puget Sound rocked with enthusiasm, fury and vinegar as Urban Grace church named William Kupinse Tacoma’s first poet laureate. The competition was fierce, but eventually only one person could be duly appointed.

According to Kali Kucera, creative director at Urban Grace, Tacoma is the first mid-sized municipality north of San Francisco and west of Denver to recognize its own poet laureate, and the only city except San Francisco to base its poet laureate in residence at one of the city’s churches, not as is usual, within academia. (Thanks to the Tacoma Weekly for this info.) Congratulations, Mr. Kupinse!

–James

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