Rivers in My Veins:

Kara Briggs is a resident of the Tulalip Reservation and a Sauk-Suiattle citizen and Yakama direct descendant. Her debut book of poetry, Rivers in My Veins, follows her graduation from the Institute of American Indian Art with a Master of Fine Arts.

She was awarded the James Welch Prize from Poetry Northwest for the poem “Acknowledgement Two.” The book is about the lands of her tribes, including the North Cascades, the Skagit and Columbia Rivers, the salt waters, the salmon, and the birds of Washington state.

The book demonstrates Briggs’ skill with form poetry, including haiku and haibun from the Japanese, various types of sonnets, pantoum, and sestina. In 2024 she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts, her second master’s degree.

She was a career journalist with two decades’ experience, primarily at The Oregonian in Portland. She has worked in higher education leadership, environmental non-profit leadership and public affairs. Her passion has always been writing, and her literary career is afoot.

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