We present the second half of our July 4, 2023 interview with former Seattle poet Stephen Thomas. He talked about his time in Seattle, his struggle with addictions, moving to Europe and his latest book of poems, What Is Between Us.
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The Cascadian Zen editors are on the road again. This Tuesday, (APR 30, 2024) at 6pm, we close out National Poetry Month in style with a reading at Broadway Books in Portland. Details here:...
Since moving the world headquarters of the Cascadia Poetics Lab to Rainier Beach in July 2017, I have become enamored with Mapes Creek, or what the First People of this place called dxʷwuqʷəb - place of loon. It pops up out of the ground south of legendary Kubota...
A poetry & Posole fundraiser with featured poets Amalio Madueño, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Lorna Dee Cervantes & Paul E Nelson. There will be books raffled off including a deluxe limited edition of Cascadian Zen Volume I.
“If you’re 25 and full of energy, this is a great time to be alive because everything is changing.” This will stick with me! Thanks for this introduction to Stephen Thomas and a reminder that the act of poetry requires waking up and seeing.