by Ryukan | Apr 25, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Since moving the world headquarters of the Cascadia Poetics Lab to Rainier Beach in July 2017, I have become enamored with Mapes Creek, or what the First People of this place called dxʷwuqʷəb – place of loon. It pops up out of the ground south of legendary...
by Ryukan | Apr 15, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
Here (below) is the audio version of my March 25, 2024 interview with Bill Porter on “Dancing With the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation.” We talked about his life, the movie and the film which chronicles his translation project. The Seattle...
by Ryukan | Mar 28, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
Imagine growing up a poet in a state like Wisconsin and having to travel to Colorado to learn about the work of Lorine Niedecker, and furthermore to have one’s own consciousness changed by engagement with her work. Niedecker’s work, since her death in 1970, has...
by Ryukan | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
We hope to see you at Village Books in Bellingham for a reading of Cascadian Zen. Sunday, April 21, 2024 from...
by Ryukan | Mar 22, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Books
The first printing of Cascadian Zen Volume I: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here and Now has sold out and a deluxe edition is available. Proceeds from sales of these rare books will help fund the publication of Cascadian Zen Volume II due in Fall 2024. The launch...
