Gold Passes for Cascadia Poetry Festival Anacortes 2019

March 11, 2019
Ryukan

Gold Passes for Cascadia Poetry Festival Anacortes 2019 are now available through Brown Paper Tickets. See: https://cpfanacortes.brownpapertickets.com/

See the 2019 schedule here: http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/cpf-anacortes-2019/

Cover of the bilingual poetry anthology Make it True meets MedusarioIn addition to a tribute to Sam Hamill, in the town where he lived the last 8 years of his life, there will be the launch of two anthologies, (one of them bilingual) panels on Cascadian Zen and Translation as a Political Act, workshops at no additional charge for the first 45 Gold Pass purchasers and an open reading Friday and Saturday called Living Room.

This may be the last festival for a while, pending funding. Please consider purchasing now and sharing this post with your network and join us in celebrating the life of one of the most remarkable poets to ever call Cascadia home. Thank you to our sponsors, including ArtsWA, Humanities Washington, The City of Anacortes, Copper Canyon Press, Kim Miller, Marius Hibbard, the Fidalgo Culture Foundation and How it Works.

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