Kellie RichardsonKellie Richardson is a writer, artist and educator born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She believes her work has one purpose: to be used as a tool for liberation and healing. Sometimes through provocation or confession, other times through belly lughs or tears, Richardson works to center the beauty and power of everyday folk and put some funk into the dread we call survival. She served as the Tacoma Poet Laureate from 2017-2019, working to hold and curate spaces that centered Black, Brown, and LGBTQ voices. Read More Read Less