by Roberta Hoffman | Jan 12, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
In wake of the death of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year old poet, wife and mother shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis last week, poet Cornelius Eady has written a poem in her memory, titled “Renee Nicole Good is Murdered.” The poem begins: Up rides the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jan 5, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
The Poetics of Cascadian Land and Water with Harold Rhenisch Our new workshop, The Poetics of Cascadian Land and Water with Harold Rhenisch, begins THIS SATURDAY, January 10! Learn about the origins of Cascadian language through this series of workshops, expanding on...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jan 5, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Zoom Launch for Say It Recording Deer Mountain Pages will be hosting a launch of a recording of their most recent publication, Say It by Jan Zwicky. The recording features Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, and was inspired by a public reading the two did together in...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jan 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Happy New Year from Cascadia Poetics Lab! Happy New Year! Thank you for another successful and enriching year for poetry and place in Cascadia! This year, we introduced new in-person and online programming that gathered community and encouraged mindful and intentional...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 29, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Dragon Tongues: The Origin of Atmospheric Rivers from David McCloskey, designer of the Cascadia bioregion map. Learn more about David’s work at the Cascadia Institute. Flickering tongues of fire leap up from the steamy orbits of the Northern Equatorial Current...