by Ryukan | Oct 16, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
The Cascadia Poetics Lab was delighted to partner with the Seattle University Department of Philosophy and Open Books: A Poem Emporium to facilitate a visit by master poet, translator and anthologist Pierre Joris. Pierre is both philosopher and poet and his 55 year...
by Ryukan | Oct 15, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Turing 60’s a bitch, but it’s better than the alternative. Check out longtime postcard fest participant Amy Miller’s fest wrapup. Excerpt: Serial and random I started out the Fest bent on seriality. Weeks earlier, I knew exactly what I wanted to...
by Ryukan | Oct 11, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
The Cascadia Poetics Lab is proud to collaborate with the Philosophy Department of Seattle University, Open Books: A Poem Emporium, WESTAF and Poets & Writers to present poet, translator and anthologist Pierre Joris for a reading, a book signing and a special...
by Ryukan | Oct 1, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
“I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.” A quote attributed to John Quincy Adams, though it is quite possible that is a paraphrase. To go from being a gang-banger in Othello, Washington, to a bigger gang called the U.S. Army,...
by Ryukan | Sep 28, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On September 15, 2022 we caught up with Allegra Brucker and talked to her about her participation in the Poetry Postcard Fest. She learned about the fest via Diane di Prima and still has the instructions she received in 2007. She also shared a number of cards with us...
