by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 20, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Watershed Press Cumberland Readings Saturday, August 15, 2026, 3:30-9:00 PM Sunday, August 16, 2026, 3:00-5:30 PM Venue The Masonic Lodge2687 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland, BC Schedule Saturday 8/15/2026 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Talk by Jason Wirth on the poetry of Jan...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
Winter in America (Still: Poets, Writers, and Artists Respond to a Fractured World The people know, it’s winter/ Lord knows / It’s winter in America And ain’t nobody fighting / ’Cause nobody knows what to save… – Gil Scott-Heron, Winter in America During...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 6, 2026 | Books
What is the nature of the bioregion known as Cascadia? How is this insight expressed by the people who live, work, practice, and play here? Is there a connection between Zen practice, broadly construed, and the Cascadia bioregion? If so, what is it? Who have been the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 5, 2026 | Books
Cascadian Prophets: Interviews 1999-2023 is the second collection of transcribed interviews taken from the 30 year history of the Cascadia Poetics Lab and conducted by Paul E Nelson, CPL Founder. Interviewees include 7 USAmericans and 7 Canadians, 7 women and 7 men...