Outweigh the Gravity by Leija Farr (Penmanship Books, paperback)
Publication Date: April 2016
Publisher Marketing: The Seattle Youth Poet Laureate program is a program of Seattle Arts and Lectures and Urban Word. The Seattle Youth Poet Laureate program aims to identify young writers and leaders who are committed to civic and community engagement, poetry and performance, and leadership and education across Seattle. Leija Farr is the first Seattle Youth Poet Laureate. She is a poet that is particular with the words she uses in order to evoke change. As she's grown, her writing has matured into topics of social justice, women's empowerment and self-love.