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Subduction (New Reading Series @ Vermillion)

August 20, 2026
by Ryukan
I’m delighted to be involved in the Subduction reading series, a collaboration between Cascadia Democratic Action and the Cascadia Poetics Lab. It will be staged at Vermillion on the first Wednesday of each month until and including May. (Summers off. Three other local poets will read on Wednesday, September 2 at Vermillion on Capitol Hill: Rhea Melina, Ankober Yewendwossen and Mateo Quispe.

The Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion was a huge success and Andy Engelson and I agreed we wanted to have that post-poetry glow again and so Subduction was born. Vermillion, as you may remember, was the home to the successful Breadline series and now Subduction, with four featured artists, a break and an open mic. Be sure to buy a couple of drinks to support the venue, which has been generous to artists.

If you would like to be a featured artist at future iterations of Subduction, come to the reading and say hello, or rad at the open mic.

Andy will begin each evening with some of the latest news from a left-of-center POV, as covered in Cascadia Journal.

Yours in Cascadia.

1 Comment

  1. Lowell Murphree

    This is such great news. Transformation through poetry shared in community. Nice ring to it.

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