by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 2, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest poet Eleanor Keisman is publishing a climate fiction novella entitled New Animal through Broken Tribe Press. Congratulations Eleanor! “It’s the year 2081, and the world is in crisis. Wildfires, famine, and disease threaten every living...
by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 2, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
On August 9, 2025 from 12-2 PM MST, Winter in America (Again co-editors Paul E. Nelson, allia abdullah-matta, Katie Sarah Zale and Roxi Power will be hosting a virtual workshop entitled “Your Blues Ain’t Mine” in collaboration with the Arizona State...
by Zach Charles | Jul 30, 2025 | podcastb
Arthur Waley, Gary Snyder, Burton Watson and Red Pine are among the legendary translators who have taken on the work of T’ang Dynasty hermit poet Han Shan aka: Cold Mountain. Or make that poets from perhaps before the T’ang Dynasty, as Peter Levitt points out in a new...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 24, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
We’re in the thick of it now! The Poetry Postcard Fest has gotten off to a great start, and we’re starting to see the postcards roll in- but for some this is the exact moment when writers block sets in, when the excitement of starting is over and we become unsure if...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 19, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
19th Poetry Postcard Fest Statistics Registration for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest is now closed! We hope all participants have enjoyed the first couple weeks of this summer’s postcard poetry season! We are grateful to be able to foster this community of poets...
by Zach Charles | Jul 17, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
The outrages, for any person of conscience in the United States in the trump 2.0 era, almost come hourly. Many warned of a constitutional crisis were we to find ourselves in this situation. Disappearing non-violent citizens and tourists to for-profit gulags while key...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 14, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On July 13, 2025, Cascadia Poetics Lab hosted a postcard collage table at the Olympic Sculpture Park. 60 Seattle residents and park goers joined us in making postcard collages and writing poetry on postcards to send to loved ones! Thank you so much to the Olympic...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 14, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Winter in America (Again Tour! Last week, the Winter in America (Again editors and contributors embarked on a mini book tour of Western Washington. Paul Nelson was joined by Roxi Power from California, allia abdullah-matta from New York, and Katie Sarah Zale from...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 13, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF Lists! Thank you to everyone that registered for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest. REGISTRATION FOR PPF 2025 IS NOW CLOSED. We understand that some lists had mistakes, and we appreciate your patience as we readjust some lists and send them out in the next week. If...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 2, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadian Zen Book Event in Mendocino County, Northern California From Theresa Whitehill, event organizer: Ukiah poets and poetry scholars Theresa Whitehill, Armand Brint, Dan Barth, Michael Riedell, and Susan Baird will read a selection of poetry and other writings...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 2, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Happy postcard season! Postcard lists go out this Friday, July 4! If you have already confirmed your mailing address with us, you are good to go! If you have NOT confirmed your address, please check your email for a message from us. If you have not gotten an email...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 28, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Join us for another summer Poetry Postcard Fest event! On July 13, 2025 from 11 AM-3 PM PST, Cascadia Poetics Lab will be tabling at the Olympic Sculpture Park, leading the public in postcard collage making and spreading the love for postcard poetry. DATE: July 13,...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 28, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Join us to celebrate Winter in America (Again with a mini-tour around Western Washington! Co-editors Paul Nelson and Katie Sarah Zale will be joined by Roxi Power of California and Allia Abdullah-Matta of New York, along with multiple contributors! Learn more about...
by Ryukan | Jun 22, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
It was Matt Trease who turned my attention to an interview that Eileen Myles gave in 2015 in which she said: There is still a lot of power built up around mainstream poetry. People are afraid to give America anything but comfort. It’s like an ad for guilt. Even...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 21, 2025 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Photo: Source Nasa Earth Observatory – Low-Pressure System over Northwestern Pacific by David McCloskey Click here to link to nullschool.net visualization of global weather conditions: earth.nullschool.net: earth view current, wind, surface Water in all its...
