by Ryukan | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadia Poetics Lab board member Adelia MacWilliam is a poet whose family settled on Salt Spring Island in the 1850s. Adelia has struggled with the settler amnesia and is part of what promises to be a fascinating talk on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 2pm at the Salt...
by Ryukan | Nov 8, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
Why are only 8% of Hollywood movies produced by women, down from 9% 20 years ago? One Hollywood film-maker says the “male gaze” reinforced by a camera angle formula and a subject-object dynamic creates an industry rife with employment discrimination and sexual abuse...
by Ryukan | Oct 31, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
2023 marks the third year the Cascadia Poetics Lab has offered online workshops. Started as a pandemic necessity, it has become an alternative community-building project, with one group registering for workshops for three years! These workshops continue weekly in 5...
by Ryukan | Oct 24, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
Self-described Cascadian poet Sharon Thesen will give the annual Charles Olson lecture Saturday, October 29 at 1pm EDT, 10am PDT at the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and it will be streamed. Details: Author Sharon Thesen will give this year’s annual...
by Ryukan | Oct 20, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It does not feel like fall in Seattle where it has rained .5 inches in the last 120 days. Needless to say the air quality is horrid and I am still thinking it is summer. I guess I am not too late to post a video of the poetry postcards I received in 2022. A LOT! (I...
