by Zach Charles | May 30, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
If you were to give the third or fourth longest river in the world a wish, it might simply to run free or to be clean and pure again. In the summer of 2013, the world’s third longest river, the Yangtze, will get 2,000 wishes in a program called the Kinship of...
by Zach Charles | May 26, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
On Saturday, June 27, from 3 – 5pm, Cascadia 2050 will be hosting a workshop titled: I Want to Write a Poem (But Don’t Know How). Cost: free, suggested donation $25. Sign up here. In my experience, in conversations with friends, family, and acquaintances,...
by Zach Charles | May 24, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050, Poetry Postcard Fest
This year the Poetry Postcard Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary. From the fest many a creative project has spawned, and one recent example of that is Julie Master’s book: No Headlines Here: Postcard Poems. Julie is the author of 2 other books, Away From Car Noise...
by Zach Charles | May 17, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
How does one make literary art about this time in history that avoids rhetoric and facile political positioning in this era of the spectacle? How does one avoid being consumed by the simultaneous collapse of so many systems — some being eviscerated by people in...
by Zach Charles | May 2, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Sam Hamill wrote in his final book blurb: “Zhang Er brings us startling ‘burial ground poems’ from Chinese that are striking in their perspective and elegant in style and presentation. They represent a poetic sensibility that is unique and often profound,...
