by Zach Charles | Dec 12, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
“The first pew in the old time Black church is the Moaners’ bench.” – Gary Copeland Lilley Artificial intelligence and it’s racist assumptions suggests “mourners’ bench” as a clarification, but the moaners’ bench...
by Zach Charles | Dec 2, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
To preserve a bit of one’s art is a true act of love, even if the book of stories that comes out is titled Surrounded by Weasels: Stories from the Northwest of Ireland. The late Josie Gray is the story teller, and his widow Tess Gallagher, the world renowned...
by Zach Charles | Nov 16, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
This interview is brought to you in memory of Jack Foley, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 85. The interview is with Jack and his wife Adelle, who were poets from Oakland, California. They had recently performed at the 3rd annual Super Bowl of Poetry...
by Zach Charles | Nov 1, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
In this interview on her book Vodou Visions with Sallie Ann Glassman, she discusses becoming a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess, Vodou, its history as a religion created by enslaved Africans, common misunderstandings about it, its power as an experiential religion, and...
by Zach Charles | Oct 18, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
or or As the planet heats up many animal species are either headed north or going extinct. This makes the work of the poet as witness that much more important. Who is here now? And as the culture becomes more and more reductionistic, a product of a human centric...
