by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
What a joy to engage Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs for a Cascadian Prophets podcast interview. I hosted her at Casa del Colibrí on June 15, 2023 and discussed her book: ¿how many indians can we be? Here is my introduction: ¿cuantos indios podemos ser? is the title of the...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Ace Administrative Assistant Veronica Martinez has created a Cliff Notes version of the June 4, 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest Open House. See: As of this morning Group 15 is not quite full and final lists will go out to all groups that are full (1-14) as the fest begins...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
In 2017 the great Zen poet Norman Fischer had this Facebook post: Poems are not necessarily supposed to do you any good. People think that poems have some meaning embedded in them and that the meaning can do you some good. But I think it’s the opposite: if poems do...
by Ryukan | Jun 26, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
From Margaret Lee: My kids think I am hopelessly antiquated for sending email and actually reading the messages in my inbox every day. But when I double down on the whole retro mode and mail postcards, those cards end up on each recipient’s fridge for approximately 15...
by Ryukan | Jun 24, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Zach Charles: I would like to take this space to do two things. One: reflect on lessons from last year’s fest. Two: set some intentions for myself for this year’s fest. My first thought upon casting myself back to last year’s fest is of community...
