David Whited
Reports are still coming in but it is apparent that longtime Red Sky poet David Whited who died yesterday morning. Michael Hureaux said: “Great poet and one of the silliest and laughingest men life could ever bless a person’s presence with. The world has just gotten a lot colder.” He was 63 and suffered a massive heart attack.
Join us in marking the publication of Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 with a reading from some of the contributing poets and editors. The reading will take place February 4, 2025, 7 P.M. PST at the Seattle University Sinegal Center for Science and...
CPF8 Friday Night Readings On Friday, November 1, 2024, we closed the first night of the 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival with readings by Daphne Marlatt, Robert Lashley and Fred Wah, with introductions by Matt Trease. You can now watch the FULL readings below with...
In the call, we stated: “We are looking for words that come from thoughtful reflection and compassion for the loss we feel for ourselves and this country. (Please no screeds.)” Still, we got many poems that were filled with righteous anger, on which we passed. The book features many poems that offer suggestions, pathways and even self-care tips for the new Winter in America. That very phrase “Winter in America” comes from Gil Scott-Heron, and was used by the editors as a sort-of invocation to Gil’s spirit and legacy. I
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