by Ryukan | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
I caught up with Fred Wah on December 9 to talk about a lecture he gave on his thoughts about lineation in his work and we also discussed serial poetry, his Music at the Heart of Thinking and his friendship with and appreciation for Phyllis Webb, who died November 11....
by Ryukan | Dec 22, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Seattle poet and teaching artist Laura Gamache has published in journals and anthologies, including Rattle, Altered Syntax, So, Dear Writer, and WA129, as well as her chapbooks, Never Enough and Nothing to Hold Onto. She has been privileged to work in Puget Sound area...
by Ryukan | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Open Books, one of a few all-poetry bookstores in the U.S., is working to move their operations from Wallingford to Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. Over eleven years since Elliot Bay Book Company fled the neighborhood, Open Books is working to...
by Ryukan | Dec 13, 2021 | podcast
James Rasmussen is a Duwamish Tribal member and Superfund Manager for the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. He talked with Paul E Nelson on October 18, 2021 about his Duwamish heritage, about the effort to gain federal recognition of the Duwamish Tribe, the entities...
by Ryukan | Dec 7, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
56 Days of August Co-Editor Ina Roy-Faderman caught up with longtime postcard poet Daniel Smith to talk about his 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest experience. 2022 Poetry Postcard Fest Registration is OPEN NOW. Consider becoming a Founding Supporter of the Cascadia Poetics...