by Zach Charles | Jan 19, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, CPL 2050
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everybody. I am writing to you today from an intersection of many identities, several of which I think bear presentation on a day like today in a time like the one we find ourselves currently confronted with. I am writing to you as a...
by Zach Charles | Jan 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
In this edition of Cascadian Prophets, Trevor Carolan talks about Making Waves. If artists are the antennae of the race, then the poets and writers of British Columbia are onto something that the general populace may be ready to recognize and act on. That is the West...
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...
