{"id":53506,"date":"2025-09-23T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=53506"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:49:59","slug":"claudia-castro-luna","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Castro Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Claudia Castro Luna<\/strong> is a former Washington State Poet Laureate (2018\u20132021) and Seattle\u2019s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). She is the author of four poetry collections, including two which were shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award: <em>Cipota Under the Moon<\/em> and <em>Killing Mar\u00edas<\/em>. She also writes nonfiction and teaches poetry and creative writing.<\/p>\n<p>Claudia lives in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claudia Castro Luna<\/strong> es la ex Poeta Laureada del Estado de Washington (2018-2021) y la primera persona en ser elegida como Poeta C\u00edvica de Seattle (2015-2018). Ella es la autora de cuatro collecciones de poes\u00eda incluyendo dos, Cipota Under the Moon y Killing Mar\u00edas, que fueron finalistas del concurso Washington State Book Award. Claudia tambi\u00e9n escribe prosa narrativa y ense\u00f1a poes\u00eda y escritura.<\/p>\n<p>Ella vive en Tacoma.<\/p>\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj_wprY-vGPAxUhMTQIHajyIy8Q3ewLegQICxAV\" aria-label=\"Translated text: Esta charla est\u00e1 disponible en ingl\u00e9s y espa\u00f1ol.\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","speaker_topic":[969],"class_list":["post-53506","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","hentry","speaker_topic-literature"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Claudia Castro Luna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/claudia-castro-luna\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green Expectations, A Poetry Workshop\/Ilusiones Verdes, Un Taller de Poes\u00eda - Claudia Castro Luna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claudia Castro Luna is a former Washington State Poet Laureate (2018\u20132021) and Seattle\u2019s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). 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